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Lakes state teachers strike over pay cut
February 19, 2014 (RUMBEK) - Hundred of teachers in Rumbek, the capital of Lakes state have staged a peaceful demonstration on Wednesday after Governor Matur Chut Dhuol suspended the payment of their...
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Lakes state authorities suspend four officials over teachers' protest
February 21, 2014 (RUMBEK) – Authorities in South Sudan's Lakes state have suspended four senior officials who allegedly organised Wednesday's teachers' demonstrations in the capital, Rumbek.Lakes...
View ArticleGovernment shuts down notorious military prisons in Rumbek
February 25, 2014 (RUMBEK) – Lakes state authorities on Saturday announced the closure of notorious Langcok military prison - effective immediately - following a presidential order.A senior...
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Lakes state deputy governor sacked and replaced by security advisor
February 27, 2014 (RUMBEK) - Lakes state military caretaker governor Maj-Gen Matur Chut Dhuol has sacked his deputy governor Mabor Achol Kuer who he appointed 13 months ago shortly after he was...
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Displaced women from South Sudan conflict living under trees
February 27, 2014 (MINKAMAN) - Hundreds of women displaced from Jonglei to Lakes state by the conflict in South Sudan say that they have been living without sanitary towels and other basic...
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Top UN official describes “shocking” Malakal aftermath
February 27, 2014 (NEW YORK) – The top UN official in South Sudan has described scenes in Malakal as “shocking”, as further reports emerged of looting at medical facilities in the Upper Nile state...
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Lakes state caretaker governor appoints new cabinet
March 1, 2014 (RUMBEK) - The caretaker governor of South Sudan's Lakes state Maj-Gen Matur Chut Dhuol has for the first time reshuffled his cabinet 13 months after his appointment by President Salva...
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New Lakes state cabinet sworn in amid SPLM boycott
March 4, 2014 (RUMBEK) - Lakes state military caretaker Governor Maj-Gen Matur Chut Dhuol has sworn in his newly appointed ministers on Tuesday despite the senior figures from the ruling party - Sudan...
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S. Sudanese security seize UN weapons in Lakes state
March 6, 2014 (RUMBEK) - Security officials in South Sudan's Lakes state claimed they intercepted 11 United Nations trucks ferrying an assortment of firearms and military uniforms destined for...
View ArticleNine people killed during inter-clan clashes in Rumbek North
March 11, 2014 (RUMBEK) – Nine people are dead and another four suffered gunshot wounds after inter-clan clashes erupted on Friday in Rumbek North's Maper county in South Sudan's Lakes state.Fighting...
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UNMISS denies weapons shipment was intended for S. Sudan rebels
March 11, 2014 (JUBA) – The Ghanaian Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has firmly denied that a weapons shipment seized in Lakes state last week had been intended to...
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Acting SPLM secretary-general visits Lakes state as inter-clan clashes intensify
March 14, 2014 (RUMBEK) – South Sudan's ruling party (SPLM) acting secretary general made a surprise visit Thursday to the Lakes state capital, Rumbek amid rising cases of inter-clan clashes in the...
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Hundreds of Jonglei children forced to cross Nile to study in Lakes state
March 14, 2014 (BOR) - Hundreds of children from Twic East and Duk counties in conflict-ridden Jonglei state are crossing the White Nile by boat with their families to displaced camps in Mingkaman in...
View ArticleLakes: Pakam leaders call for apology over inter-clan clashes
March 15, 2014 (RUMBEK) – Pakam community elders from Rumbek North's Maper county in Lakes state held a meeting in the South Sudan capital, Juba, on Friday following the outbreak of inter-clan clashes...
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Two soldiers killed by pastoralists south west of Rumbek
March 17, 2014 (RUMBEK) - Lakes state armed cattle herders in Lakes state resumed deadly clashes with the South Sudan Police Service and members of Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) on Monday...
View ArticleRumbek: One person killed in suspected revenge attack
March 18, 2014 (RUMBEK) - One person was killed in remote village of Rumbek East County of Lakes state on Tuesday in what the authorities suspect is a revenge killing in connection to the killing of...
View ArticleLakes: 15 people killed in Rumbek East revenge attacks
March 20, 2014 (RUMBEK) – Inter-clan clashes intensified in Lakes state's Rumbek East county on Thursday, leaving more than 10 people dead and dozens with gunshot wounds in the remote area of...
View Article15 dead in Cueibet as cycle of violence continues in Lakes state
March 21, 2014 (RUMBEK) - Clashes between Panyar and Waat sections of the Dinka Gok ethnic group in South Sudan's Lakes state resumed on Wednesday in Cueibet county leaving more than 15 people dead and...
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Lakes: Pakam elders and MPs launch reconciliation effort
March 24, 2014 (RUMBEK) – Community and traditional leaders in Lakes' state's Rumbek North county have launched a reconciliation process in a bid to ease tensions between two clans who have been...
View ArticleLakes state: Cattle raided from Rumbek market
March 25, 2014 (RUMBEK) - Authorities in Rumbek Central county in South Sudan's Lakes state have confirmed that unknown armed men raided more than 60 cows from Malith marketplace in Rumbek market on...
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