South Sudan minister resigns, calls for regime change

A South Sudanese minister and opposition figure Lam Akol has resigned saying the peace deal designed to heal the troubled young nation is dead. 

He called for President Salva Kiir's unity government to leave power.

Lam Akol was agriculture minister in Mr. Kiir's administration and is the leader of the opposition Sudan People's Liberation Movement for Democratic Change. 

Mr. Akol also spoke against rebel leader Riek Machar, whose forces have clashed in recent weeks with government troops loyal to Salvar  Kiir.  

SOURCE: NEWS24