President Salva Kiir (left) and SPLM-IO leader Riek Machar shake hands after signing a peace pact in Addis Ababa during an extraordinary AU Summit in 2015. PHOTO | FILE
The Riek Machar faction of South Sudan's ruling SPLM has said it will register as an independent party if the Arusha Reunification Agreement is not respected.
The ruling party is currently divided into three; the SPLM mainstream led by President Salva Kiir, SPLM-IO under First Vice-President Machar and the SPLM-FDs led by Pagan Amum.