A roundup of a few key stories from the last week on political issues in Sudan and South Sudan:

Agreement on Sudan National Dialogue (Radio Tamazuj, 5 September 2014) – Sudan Revolutionary Front leaders and other Paris Declaration signatories yesterday in Addis Ababa signed an 8-point document laying out a possible track toward their participation in the National Dialogue, which is a high-level political process backed by the country’s ruling party.

S. Sudan electoral commission waiting on funds for 2015 vote (Radio Tamazuj, 4 September 2014) – The chairperson of South Sudan’s electoral commission says his organization is ready to conduct a national vote in 2015 if it gets the funds to do so.

Sudan security releases SCP leader Samia Kiir from prison (Radio Tamazuj, 3 September 2014) – Samia Kiir, the detained secretary-general of the Sudanese Congress Party (SCP), has been released from En Nahud prison in Sudan’s West Kordofan state after almost three months in prison.

SPLM-Leaders want peace proposal to limit Kiir’s role (Radio Tamazuj, 3 September 2014) – The SPLM-Leaders delegation at South Sudan’s peace talks in Addis Ababa want the IGAD mediation’s proposal on transitional arrangements to limit the powers of President Salva Kiir, whose constitutional term in office ends within less than a year.

ANALYSIS: IGAD’s credibility seriously damaged by South Sudan summit fiasco (African Arguments, 3 September 2014) – "August was not IGAD’s finest month," says one long-time observer.

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