The rebellion against South Sudan’s First-Vice President Riek Machar is growing after his deputy, Henry Odwar, quit the transitional government and supported the move by army generals who claimed to have taken over the leadership of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO).
Mr Odwar, who is also the deputy commander-in-chief of the SPLM-IO, resigned his position as mining minister, convened a virtual meeting of the party’s supporters in the diaspora and civil society to castigate Dr Machar’s “weak” and “compromised” leadership, which could lead to the collapse of the movement.
