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Lakes State Party Chairperson opposition mounts
November 1, 2012 (RUMBEK) - The chairperson of Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) in Yirol West County of Lakes state, Agok Manyiel Dhieu, has told the press that he opposes the appointment of...
View ArticleLakes state: SPLM denies dismissing party official
November 3, 2012 (JUBA) - The Chairperson of South Sudan's ruling party (SPLM) in Lakes State on Saturday refuted media reports that claimed he dismissed the party's Secretary General in Wulu...
View ArticleRumbek community and Nhial Bol at the crossroads over Bahsir's visit
By Apuk Deng ReechNovember 5, 2012 — Rumbek community and Nhial Bol at the crossroads over Bahsir's visit. While we strive for harmonious coexistence of our communities in the nascent Republic of South...
View ArticleRumbek fighting leaves 12 dead and 23 wounded
November 8, 2012 (RUMBEK) - Inter-communal violence has killed 12 people and wounded 23 in Rumbek Central County in Lakes State after fighting broke out on Tuesday in a cattle camp 34km north-east of...
View ArticlePolitical disquiet in Lakes state government
November 9, 2012 - Lakes State Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) party state chairperson Daniel Awet Akot ended his one day trip to Cueibet County of Lakes State on Sunday. The visit was...
View ArticleLakes State suspends editor of state radio station
November 13, 2012 (RUMBEK) - The news editor of Radio Rumbek FM-98, John Madol Panther, has been suspended after allowing the broadcast of items that had not been approved, according to Lakes State...
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S. Sudan vice president launches youth dialogue initiative in Juba
November 13, 2012 (JUBA) – More than 200 youths from Unity, Warrap and Lakes state attended a peace initiative with the theme “join us in peace building and development,” with South Sudan's vice...
View ArticleJonglei and Lakes State SPLM members trained on new party constitution
November 17, 2012 (BOR/RUMBEK) - South Sudan's ruling party, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), has begun training its members on the contents of a draft document containing a new SPLM Code...
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Warrap: Unknown people kill Policeman, raid 400 cattle
November 18, 2012 (JUBA) - Unknown people on Friday shot dead a senior community police officer in South Sudan's Warrap state, wounded five others and raided 400 heads of cattle, an official told Sudan...
View ArticleLakes state government appointment not to be forced through
November 20, 2012 (RUMBEK) - The Lakes State Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) chairperson, Daniel Awet Akot, has ended the political deadlock caused by the appointment of Mabor Ater Dhuol as...
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Lakes State parliament names specialized committees, two counties undecided
November 22, 2012 (RUMBEK) - South Sudan's Lakes State named new chairpersons for 16 specialized parliamentary committees on Thursday, although two positions remain unfilled due to disagreement between...
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Unity State: Boy and 400 cattle missing after Payinjiar raid
By Bonifacio Taban KuichNovember 23, 2012 (KAMPALA) - A boy from Payinjiar County in Unity State is missing after cattle rustlers stole 397 heads of cattle from Dhormanyang village on Wednesday 21...
View ArticleTwo men gunned down in Lakes state
November 28, 2012 (RUMBEK) – Unidentified gunmen has killed two people and stoled their motorbike in Mayom payam [district] of Rumbek North county, Lakes state, on Wednesday.According to an eyewitness...
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Lakes state crop failure
November 29, 2012 (RUMBEK) - Authorities in Lakes state say that crops have failed in all eight of the state's counties due to a lack of rainfall and are encouraging farmers to do more to cultivate...
View ArticleTwo killed in Rumbek ambush of MP's car
December 1, 2012 (RUMBEK) - A group of unidentified gunmen killed two businessmen from neighbouring Unity State at 7am on Saturday morning in Pulkuc, located in western part of Rumbek East County of...
View ArticleCattle raiders kill 80 people in Warrap - Tonj South official
December 5, 2012 (JUBA) - More than 80 people have been killed during an attack in the Wunkech area of Warrap State over the weekend, the Tonj South County commissioner, Mario Monydhieth Gor told Sudan...
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Cattle raids kill 10 as Unity and Lakes exchange accusations and denials
December 7, 2012 (PAYINJIAR & RUMBEK) - Officials from South Sudan's Unity and Lakes have accused youth from the other's states of raiding cattle and killing local people. Ten people have died and...
View ArticleImmigration directorate Lakes state branch opening delayed
December 10, 2012 (RUMBEK) - The official opening of the Lakes state directorate of nationality and passports has been postponed due to administrative delays from the head office in Juba.The state's...
View ArticleDrunk policeman to be sacked, South Sudan prepares to provide security over...
December 17, 2012 (RUMBEK) - The South Sudan's head of police Lt-Gen Acuil Tito has warned that policemen found under influence of alcoholic will be dismissed from their duties while on a visit to...
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Bahr el Ghazal governors call for peaceful coexistence, 26 killed in Parajallah
December 18, 2012 (WAU) - The governors of the Western and Northern Bahr el Ghazal as well as Warrap State on Tuesday called for citizens to denounce vandalism as well as tribal politics and accept...
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