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

S Sudan peace talks hinge on 2 ministries, 2 armies (Radio Tamazuj,  20 December 2014) - The South Sudan peace talks negotiation in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia continued yesterday morning, the government delegation's spokesperson said.

Juba summons Sudanese envoy over rebel support claims (Sudan Tribune, 19 December 2014) - South Sudan on Thursday summoned the Sudanese envoy to the country over what it described as hostile statements from senior officials in the Khartoum regime.

S. Sudanese president returns security bill to parliament (Sudan Tribune, 19 December 2014) - The South Sudanese president Salva Kiir declined signing into law the controversial security bill, referring it back to lawmakers for further deliberation and revision.

Constitutional Review Commission to miss deadline (Radio Tamazuj, 19 December 2014) - The mandate for South Sudan’s National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC) is set to expire at the end of this year, but a working draft of the document is still not finished.

Sudan opposition leaders still held incommunicado (Radio Dabanga, 15 December 2014) - The Committee of Solidarity with the Victims of the September Demonstrations handed the National Human Rights Commission in Khartoum a memorandum on Sunday, demanding the release of the political detainees in Sudan, in particular the prominent lawyers Faroug Abu Eisa and Dr Amin Mekki Madani, who are still held incommunicado by the security apparatus.