South Sudan in Focus - October 19, 2021

SPLM-IO officials in Warrap State have threatened to pull out of the state government following allegations that Governor Aleu Ayieny Aleu has issued threats against them; Authorities in the Jonglei State capital Bor have launched the construction of a 24 kilometer permanent dyke along the Nile to protect the town against devastating floods which have plagued the area for years; An expert on Sudan says US former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who died Monday from Covid complications, will be remembered in Sudan, South Sudan, and other African countries for peace making and for sounding the alarm to and acting against war abuses