when the president salva kiir increased the number of states in south sudan from 10 states to 32 machar said that that is illegal and he says that he wants the state to be revised and and a body a committee has been formed to look into that issue but that is yet to be settled so less than 2 weeks to go and lots of issues to be resolved between the opposition the wreck machar and south sudan's government and it doesn't look like in the next 12 days these issues will be resolved or it's a what's been the reaction from those who worked so hard to pave the way and backed the agreement recently signed last year. yes indeed now i gather the intergovernmental authority on development which is a regional body had met just a few days ago and they said that it is up to the mediators of the deal between south sudan's out working parties to decide whether there should be an extension or whether they should go ahead and form a national government of national unity on november 12th now the 2 mediators were uganda and sudan and we spoke to sudanese government officials and they say that they're trying

deadline is already an extension of the initial deadline which was made 12 opposition leader rick machar says that the security arrangements and the number of states are 2 issues which hinders him from returning him back to juba and forming a transitional government on time asked for the peace deal that was signed 83000 troops from both sides are to be brought together trained and unified before being redistributed across the country and forming a national army now that has not fully completed yet the process started less than 2 months ago the other issue is the number of states now let's go back to october 2015 when south sudan's president change the number of states in the country from 10 to 32 that was something that opposition to direct much are strongly rejected and said was illegal and he says that those 2 issues should be resolved before a government of national unity is formed now into the intergovernmental authority on development a regional body which has backed the deal along with the european union and several regional countries have said that it comes down to the mediators s

south sudan's opposition leader reg machar has returned to the country to meet with president salva kiir both sides are expected to be discussing outstanding issues just less than a month before a deadline to form a transitional government and morgan has the latest from juba. opposition leader wrecked my chair is in south sudan for his 3rd visit since these deal was signed between him and south sudan's leader salva kiir mayardit last year in sudan's capital sort of tune that the 2 sides are expected to meet to discuss a number of outstanding issues ahead of the formation of a transitional unity government on november 12th and those issues include the number of state as well as security arrangements which the opposition leader says is vital to be completed ahead of his return to make him feel safe to come and found that transitional unity government in november. dr rick bashar is here based on an invitation from the president to meet the un security council in members of the african union peace and security council in prison kiran break michelle will also said i've been today or tomorrow

failed to push through a peace deal aimed at ending years of fighting the former rebel leader rick machar says a unity government cannot be achieved before a mid november deadline a 6 year conflict has led to the deaths of more than 400000 people and internationally mediated peace deal is still in place morgan has more now from khartoum in neighboring sudan. the killing of the 3 aid workers happened in the southwestern part of the country in a place called model county now that is a place where the national salvation front an armed opposition group that has been fighting south sudan's government for more than 2 years is known to operate both sides south sudan's government and the opposition group accuse each other of 1st starting the attack now let's remember that the national salvation front unlike other warring parties did not sign a peace agreement with south sudan's government however those who signed the peace agreement here in the south in sudan's capital harder to last year are yet to come to an agreement with regards to forming a transitional government on november 12th that deadl

deadline is already an extension of the initial deadline which was made 12 opposition leader rick machar says that the security arrangements and the number of states are 2 issues which hinders him from returning him back to juba and forming a transitional government on time asked for the peace deal that was signed 83000 troops from both sides are to be brought together trained and unified before being redistributed across the country and forming a national army now that has not fully completed yet the process started less than 2 months ago the other issue is the number of states now let's go back to october 2015 when south sudan's president change the number of states in the country from 10 to 32 that was something that opposition leader rick much are strongly rejected and said was illegal and he says that those 2 issues should be resolved before a government of national unity is formed now into the intergovernmental authority on development a regional body which has backed the deal along with the european union and several regional countries have said that it comes down to the mediators

deadline is already an extension of the initial deadline which was made 12 opposition leader rick machar says that the security arrangements and the number of states are 2 issues which hinders him from returning him back to juba and forming a transitional government on time asked for the peace deal that was signed 83000 troops from both sides are to be brought together trained and unified before being redistributed across the country and forming a national army now that has not fully completed yet the process started less than 2 months ago and the other issues is the number of states now let's go back to october 2015 when south sudan's president change the number of states in the country from 10 to 32 that was something that opposition leader rick much are strongly rejected and said was illegal and he says that those 2 issues should be resolved before a government of national unity is formed now into the intergovernmental authority on development a regional body which has backed the deal along with the european union and several regional countries have said that it comes down to the medi