The venue for the regional conference for Greater Upper Nile was shifted from Renk to Malakal, South Sudan’s second largest city after Juba.
The deputy head of the national dialogue information committee, Vincent Wanga told journalists that the change is to give more people an opportunity to participate.
Consultations were held after the SPLM-IO faction led by Riek Machar, the South Sudan Opposition Alliance and SPLM Former Detainees did not attend the last regional conference in Wau town despite promising to join the process.
Wanga says opposition representatives are discussing their representation in the dialogue steering committee.