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Fresh cattle raid attacks hit Lakes state
December 28, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Authorities in South Sudan's Lakes state said that inter-clan clashes spurred by cattle raiding and counter revenge attacks have once again flared.South Sudan's Lakes state...
View ArticleDiaspora community urges better protection for Bor displaced in Lakes state
December 29, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Bor youth leaders in the diaspora community have appealed for better protection for thousands of displaced people in Lakes state's Awerial county, who recently fled...
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Bahr el Ghazal governors vow to protect of Nuer community
December 30, 2013 (JUBA)- Governors from the Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan have said they will not allow individuals to exploit the ongoing unrest in the country and target members of Nuer...
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Lakes state violence kills 30 people in Rumbek
January 9, 2014 (RUMBEK) - Inter-clan clashes erupted in Rumbek, the capital of Lakes State on Thursday at remote cattle camps in Manyiel and Jahla resulting into 37 deaths, according to South Sudanese...
View ArticleLakes state traditional leaders warn youths not to get involved in conflict
January 12, 2014 (RUMBEK) - Lawmakers in Lakes state have called on pastoralist youths to avoid engaging in tribal revenge attacks, calling on former vice-president-turned rebel leader Riek Machar Teny...
View ArticleLakes state man arrested in connection to murder of brother-in-law
January 18, 2014 (RUMBEK) - Authorities in Lakes state's Cueibet county said they had arrested a man who is a suspect in the killing of his brother-in-law.The criminal investigation department (CID)...
View ArticleLakes governor ignores pleas of students to restore allowances
January 20, 2014 (RUMBEK) - Over hundred students who are studying at various universities in East Africa have launched a fresh complaint to South Sudan's central government accusing Lakes State...
View ArticleLakes state authorities tracking rebel movements
January 23, 2014 (RUMBEK) - Authorities in Lakes state's Yirol West county say three police officers were admitted to hospital after a gunfight with army deserters loyal to former vice-president Riek...
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More than 30 rebels killed in Lakes on way to Unity state, official
January 25, 2014 (RUMBEK) - Days after the South Sudanese government and rebels signed a ceasefire deal to end the 5-week-old conflict on Thursday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, authorities in Lakes state...
View ArticleAre South Sudanese women victims of their own war liberation struggle?
By Daniel Juol NhomngekThe case of women of Mayath payam of Cueibet of county in Lakes StateJanuary 27, 2014 - The purpose for writing this article is to remind South Sudan central government of its...
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Five youth members detained in Lakes' Rumbek
January 26, 2014 (RUMBEK) - Authorities in Rumbek, the capital of Lakes state have held in custody five influential youth members and a South Sudanese staff member of United Nation Mission in South...
View ArticleLakes state youth members enter second week of detention
January 31, 2014 (RUMBEK) - Authorities in South Sudan's Lakes state are still holding five influential youth activists who have been held since January 20 without charge by the National Intelligence...
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Lakes governor orders citizens to provide army with food
January 30, 2014 (RUMBEK) - Officials in South Sudan's Lakes state on Thursday appealed to citizens in its Yirol West county to assist the country's army (SPLA) battling rebellions in neighbouring...
View ArticleSouth Sudanese rebels report more government defections
February 6, 2014 (JUBA) – South Sudanese rebels of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army In Opposition (SPLM/A In Opposition) have claimed more defections from government troops to the rebels...
View ArticleFive killed in failed Lakes state disarmament
January 5, 2014 (RUMBEK) - Three soldiers and two cattle herders were killed in South Sudan's Lakes state after an incident, in which a civilian declined to be disarmed, turned violent in Pulkuc, about...
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SPLA attempted to recapture Unity state county, rebels claim
February 7, 2014 (KAMPALA) - A former Payinjiar County district administrator told Sudan Tribune on Friday that the South Sudanese army (SPLA) launched another attack on rebel positions in the southern...
View ArticleFive Lakes state detainees released without charge
February 10, 2014 (RUMBEK) - A group of five influential youth activists in Lakes state were released on 7 February after being held without charge by South Sudan's National Intelligence and Security...
View ArticleRumbek East authorities deny defection of government troops
February 10, 2014 (RUMBEK) - Authorities in Lakes state's Rumbek East county have denied rebel claims that hundreds of South Sudan government troops defected to the rebels' side in Kerich village on...
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South Sudan, Uganda deny pilot was shot down over Lakes state
February 10, 2014 (RUMBEK) - Authorities in Lakes state capital Rumbek have denied rebel claims that a Ugandan gunship pilot was shot down last week.Uganda's decision to intervene militarily in the...
View ArticleLakes state students warn government against postponing school reopening
February 17, 2014 (RUMBEK) - Students of Lakes state have reacted negatively to the government's decision to suspended the reopening of all both primary and secondary schools across its eight...
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