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The clerk to the Reconstituted Transitional Legislative Assembly has said the August house is waiting for a go-ahead letter from President Salva Kiir to start conducting its business.

In April, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said the Security Council could only lift sanctions when the 2018 peace deal is fully implemented.

By Dame Rosalind Marsden Sudan is in the international spotlight on 17 May at a high-level conference in Paris hosted by President Macron in support of its fledgling democratic transition. This important moment is intended to signal Sudan's reintegration into the international community, following its removal from the US list of State Sponsors of Terrorism (SST) in 2020. It is also an opportunity for Sudan to rebrand itself and tell the world...

The East African Tuesday May 11 2021 Advertisement Juba, South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir Monday night reconstituted parliament, paving the way for the formation of the Revitalized Transitional Legislative Assembly as stipulated in the 2018 peace agreement. Through a presidential decree read on state-run television, South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation, Kiir appointed 550 lawmakers from all parties who signed the revitalized peace accord.   The appointment came two days after he dissolved ...

The East African Friday April 09 2021 Advertisement The Security Council can only lift the arms embargo on South Sudan when the 2018 peace agreement is fully implemented, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said. In the latest report on benchmarks to assess the arms embargo in South Sudan, Mr Guterres said that the major matters that should be fulfilled include establishment of the Revitalized Transitional Legislative Assembly, Commission of Truth and Reconciliation, full formation of S...

President Kiir appoints Upper Nile State governor and his deputy South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Friday night appointed the governor and deputy governor of Upper Nile State, ending a six-month stalemate between Kiirs government and SPLM-IO over the nominee for the gubernatorial post. In presidential decrees read on state-run television SSBC, President Kiir appointed Budhok Ayang Kur and James Tor Monybuny as Upper Nile state governor and deputy governor respectively. Mid last year,...

File photo: Presidential Affairs Minister Nhial Deng Nhial Nhial Deng Nhial, the minister for presidential affairs, earlier this afternoon, in a press release, said that consultations are underway regarding the reconstitution of the Transitional Legislative Assembly and the formation of state governments and urged the public for patience.  “In light of stories trending on social media and reported by some media houses across the country regarding the delay in the reconstitution of the Transi...

SPLM-IO and SSOA submit nominees for constitutional posts The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) and the South Sudan Opposition Alliance (SSOA) have submitted to President Salva Kiir all the names of their nominees for constitutional positions in the government. The Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation and senior SPLM-IO member Manawa Peter Gatkuoth told Radio Tamazuj, "As SPLM-IO, we have already submitted the names of our representatives in the national parliam...

File photo: NDM leader Lam Akol The leader of the National Democratic Movement (NDM), Lam Akol, in a missive yesterday said President Salva Kiir has no power to appoint states’ governments. Lam said that of the numerous powers of the President under Article 10, none is the appointment of state governments. “First, is it within the powers of the President of the Republic to appoint sub-national Governments? Second, regardless of who has the power to appoint State-level Governments, what is t...