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Lakes governor warns his state not to enter Wau conflct
December 25, 2012 (WAU) - The Governor of Lakes State, Chol Tong Mayay addressed the congregation at Good Shepherd Cathedral in Wau on Tuesday to call upon citizens in Western Bahr el Ghazal to...
View ArticleJoint community meeting in Wau hosted by Lakes and WBEG governors
December 27, 2012 (RUMBEK) - Thousands of South Sudanese from Lakes State attended a meeting in Wau, the capital of troubled Western Bahr el Ghazal on Wednesday to hear to Governors of both states urge...
View ArticleLakes state traditional leaders demand participation in government
December 30, 2012 (RUMBEK) – A member of South Sudan's Lakes state Council of Traditional Authority Leaders (COTAL) has urged both the central and state governments to ensure the council participates...
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Rumbek police ordered to deal with armed criminals
December 31, 2012 (RUMBEK) - The commissioner of Rumbek Central County in South Sudan's Lakes State, Abraham Mayen Kuc, has instructed the South Sudan Police Services (SSPS) to deal with suspected...
View ArticleFestive celebrations pass peacefully in Lakes State
January 3, 2013 (RUMBEK) - The commissioner of Rumbek East County in South Sudan's Lakes State, David Marial Gumke, said Thursday that his county celebrated Christmas and New Year without any sign of...
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Lakes: One killed, two wounded in Cueibet raid
January 5, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Authorities in Cueibet County of Lakes state have reported that one person was killed and two others injured on Thursday in an alleged cattle raid by armed youth.Cueibet...
View ArticleRumbek denies responsibility for Unity State cattle raids
January 9, 2013 (JUBA) - Authorities in Rumbek, the capital of Lakes State has denied allegations from Unity State's Payinjiar County that the Lakes State government is behind cross border cattle...
View ArticleUnity: Car ambush kills three on Payinjiar Road
By Bonifacio Taban KuichJanuary 11, 2013 (BENTIU) - Bandits in South Sudan's Unity State attacked a police Toyota pickup vehicle on Thursday afternoon killing three and leaving five critically injured...
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Rumbek North County authority denies attacking Unity State police car
January 12, 2013 (RUMBEK) - The Commissioner of Rumbek North County in Lakes State, Stephen Mathiang Deng, on Saturday denied allegations that young men from his county participated in an attack on a...
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Lakes state: 12 arrested for killing SPLA soldiers in cattle camp
January 13, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Twelve men suspected to have participated in the killing of seven South Sudanese soldiers and three civilians from neighbouring Warrap have been arrested in Lakes State,...
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Lakes: 10 dead and 13 others wounded in clashes
January 16, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Inter-clan clashes involving sections of the Dinka ethnic group reignited in Lakes state on Wednesday at a cattle camp between Marial-bek and Ghun, according to local...
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Lakes state: Revenge clashes leave 25 dead and 30 wounded
January 18, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Fighting in Lakes State's Rumbek Central County has left 25 people dead and 30 people with gunshot wounds, in clashes on Friday that began earlier this week over grazing...
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Kiir sacks Lakes state governor
January 21, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudanese president Salva Kiir unexpectedly removed Lakes State governor Chol Tong Mayay of his post, putting his deputy Mabor Achol Kuer in charge until further...
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Lakes state orders forceful disarmament in three counties
January 21, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Authorities in Rumbek, the capital of South Sudan's Lakes state have resumed forceful disarmament after sectional clashes erupted in its Rumbek Central County for the first...
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Lakes state gets new military caretaker governor
January 22, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudan's president Salva Kiir has appointed Major General Matur Chut as caretaker governor of Lakes state, a day after removing governor Chol Tong Mayay, according to a...
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Former Lakes state governor halts attempted protest
January 22, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Thousands of people attempted to demonstrate against a decision by South Sudanese president Salva Kiir to remove the elected governor of Lakes state, Chol Tong Mayay, on...
View ArticleW. Bahr el Ghazal official urges Lakes state to cease cattle raids
January 23, 2013 (JUBA)- An official from South Sudan's Western Bahr el Ghazal state on Wednesday expressed concerns about the increasing level of violence in neighbouring Lake state, urging its...
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Humanitarian Bulletin South Sudan 14-20 January 2013
Humanitarian Bulletin South Sudan 14-20 January 2013Highlights Inter-communal violence in Lakes State causes temporary displacement Some 1,500 displaced individuals to return to Abyei from Western Bahr...
View ArticleTwo killed as army and youth clash in Lakes state
January 24, 2013 (RUMBEK) – At least two people died Thursday when forces from South Sudan's army (SPLA) clashed with a group of armed pastoralists at a cattle camp in Lakes state, eyewitnesses told...
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Lakes: Soldier killed in Rumbek ambush
January 25, 2013 (RUMBEK) - One soldier was killed and another injured in an ambush on a car carrying members of the South Sudanese army (SPLA) travelling from Juba to the Lakes state capital Rumbek on...
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