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SUDAN AND SOUTH SUDAN - 17 May 2015

Sudan and South Sudan: Five key political stories

Your weekly roundup of key political stories from Sudan and South Sudan:

Two detained Warrap MPs released (Radio Tamazuj, 16 May 2015) - Two members of the Warrap State parliament have been released from prison after being detained earlier last week.

Dinka Ngok, Misseriya to meet in Addis Ababa in late May (Radio Tamazuj, 13 May 2015) - A top Misseriya leader announced an invitation from Sudan’s co-chair of the Abyei Joint Oversight Committee (AJOC) to convene a meeting of traditional leaders with the Dinka Ngok in Addis Ababa at the end of May.

S Sudan rebel commander: No peace deal with Salva Kiir (Radio Tamazuj, 12 May 2015) - A leading commander of South Sudan's SPLA-In Opposition said that his side will not sign a peace agreement with the government until President Salva Kiir is removed from his post.

Sudan's foreign ministry receives worker detained in Juba (Radio Tamazuj, 12 May 2015) - Sudan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry announced that it has received an employee from its embassy in South Sudan who had disappeared in Juba on 1 May.

South Sudan's SPLM-IO boycotts Arusha process talks (Radio Tamazuj, 11 May 2015) - Representatives of the SPLM-IO faction boycotted a two-day SPLM meeting held late last week in South Africa as part of a tripartite committee tasked to follow up the implementation of the Arusha SPLM Reunification Agreement.