Petition against Lakes state's caretaker governor
Open letter - 22 May, 2013To: The Speaker of the Council States of the Republic of South SudanSubject: Petition against Lakes State's Care-Taker Governor Your Honour, we the under signed petitioners...
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Lakes state police force underage girl from classroom to marry a soldier
May 29, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudanese police forced a 17-year-old girl in Lakes state's Wulu county from her classroom to marry a soldier against her will on Tuesday, local people and witnesses told...
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Lakes state: One killed in revenge attack
June 2, 2013 (RUMBEK) – A revenge attack in South Sudan's Lakes state on Saturday left a person dead, while the suspected killer remains at large, authorities said.The incident, a South Sudan police...
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Rumbek SPLM assistant secretary warns youth against tribalism
June 4, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Lakes state's assistant secretary for political affairs in Rumbek Central county has criticised a recent conference by South Sudan's ruling party (SPLM), saying it encouraged...
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Rumbek students threaten to burn university unless campus is reopened
June 5, 2013 (RUMBEK) – Students from Rumbek University in Lakes state threatened to burn down the campus unless their classes resume this month during a protest on Monday.Students in Rumbek staged a...
View ArticleThe burden of having Matur Chut as the governor of Lakes state
By Adhil Malok, JnrMr Matur Chut was appointed as a care-taker governor of Lakes state after communal clashes that left scores of people dead in Rumbek Central County of Lakes state. This situation was...
View ArticlePayinjiar county win friendly football match competition in Lakes state
June 7, 2013 (KAMPALA) - A two day peace and reconciliation football tournament facilitated by AECOM International in Lakes state between Payinjiar county of Unity state and the Rumbek counties of...
View ArticleLakes state prison warden kills woman in Wulu county
June 8, 2013 (RUMBEK) - A South Sudanese prison officer is reported to have killed a 45-year-old woman in Lakes state on Friday evening at 10pm in Wulu county. A senior police officer who requested...
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Lakes state brewing ban leaves widows unable to feed children
June 13, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Women across Lakes state are complaining that the ban on alcohol introduced by controversial military caretaker Governor Maj-Gen Matur Chut Dhuol, has deprived them of their...
View ArticleWoman sentenced to 9 months in prison for committing adultery
June 13, 2013 (RUMBEK) – A traditional court in Lakes state's Wulu county has sentenced a woman to nine months in prison for having committed adultery with a South Sudanese army (SPLA) soldier...
View ArticleLakes state's Good News Radio may face closure
June 26, 2013 (JUBA) - Ministers in South Sudan's Lakes state are expected to discuss the fate of Good News Radio on Thursday, and will consider closing the broadcaster that belongs to the Catholic...
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S. Sudan justice minister questioned over Lakes state governor's mandate
June 25, 2013 (RUMBEK) - South Sudan justice minister John Luk Jok appeared before the country's upper house - the Council of States - on Tuesday to clarify on the legality of the Lakes state's...
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Lakes state government shutdown Catholic Radio Good News in Rumbek
June 29, 2013 (RUMBEK) - The ministry of information and communication in South Sudan's Lakes state shut down Radio Good News, a Catholic broadcaster in Rumbek, on Friday morning.Lakes state's military...
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Two dead in fresh Lakes state clashes
June 29, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Fresh inter-communal clashes in South Sudan's Lakes state have left two dead, authorities told Sudan Tribune Friday.Manyang Luk Lueth, the Yirol East County commissioner, said...
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Lakes state's Bar-Naam bridge a threat to public transport
June 30, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Citizens in Lakes state have expressed concern over the safety of the Bar-Naam bridge which connects South Sudan's central state to Western Bahr El Ghazal state to the west.The...
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Human rights group condemns closure of Lakes state radio station
July 1, 2013 (JUBA) - A leading human rights group in South Sudan has condemned in the "strongest terms" last week's decision to close Rumbek-based Good News Radio, which is part of the Catholic Radio...
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Radio station in South Sudan's Rumbek resumes broadcasting
July 2, 2013 (RUMBEK) – Rumbek Catholic Radio Good News FM-89 resumed its normal broadcast on Tuesday after being ordered to go off air by the Lakes state government on Friday.Peter Mapuor Makur...
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S. Sudan: Media, rights entities protest closure of Lakes state radio
July 2, 2013 (JUBA) - South Sudanese media and human rights advocacy group on Tuesday protested against the closure of an independent radio station in its Lakes state.South Sudan's Vice President Riek...
View ArticleLakes State governor and "doctrine of necessity"
By Adhil Malok, JnrJuly 7, 2013 - To ‘take someone for a ride' is idiomatic expression for deceiving someone or a group of people. In this respect, someone somewhere is trying very hard to deceive the...
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Lake state: 19 injured in pro-government protests
July 6, 2013 (RUMBEK) – At least 19 students were on Saturday injured during a Lakes state demonstration organised by officials from the ruling party (SPLM) in support of the caretaker governor, Matur...
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