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Man killed near Lakes state parliament in Rumbek
July 11, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Gunmen killed a 32-year-old man, Rakon Mayek, in Rumbek Central county on Thursday near to the Lakes state legislative assembly. Police are yet to apprehend any suspects.An...
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Lakes: Student killed over girl's pregnancy
July 13, 2013 (RUMBEK) - A 19-year-old student from Cueibet county in South Sudan's Lakes state was on Friday beaten to death by a group of men who accused his relative of impregnating a young girl,...
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Lakes: Five people shot in Rumbek clashes
July 16, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Members of South Sudan's police and army in Lakes state clashed with a group of cattle herders in Rumbek East county on Monday, leaving three pastoralists and two soldiers with...
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Lakes: One dead in Rumbek North clash
July 17, 2013 (RUMBEK) – One person was killed and another injured in clashes between the Gak and Niel-Niel pastoralist communities in Rumbek North county of South Sudan's Lakes state. The Tuesday...
View ArticleFresh cattle raiding in Unity state leaves three people critically injured
July 20, 2013 (BENTIU) – About 50 armed youths from Mayom county's Turkey payam [district] in Unity state raided 434 head of cattle in neighbouring Koch county on Saturday.Area commissioner John Chuol...
View ArticleThree murdered in inter-communal revenge attack in Rumbek
July 30, 2013 (RUMBEK) – Three people, including two teachers and one pastoralist, were killed on Tuesday in inter-communal revenge attacks in Akuel-jok village, south-west of Rumbek East county in...
View ArticleLakes state's caretaker governor orders closure of primary schools in Rumbek
August 2, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Lakes state military caretaker governor Maj-Gen Matur Chut Dhuol has ordered the closure of all primary schools in Rumbek East due to rising tension following last week's...
View ArticleTeachers Union condemn killing of two colleagues in Rumbek
August 3, 2013 (RUMBEK) - The South Sudan National Teachers Professional Union (NTPU) has condemned last week's murder of two teachers in Rumbek East County in Lakes State.The teachers, Dut Makur...
View ArticleLakes: Wulu county officials implicated in illegal selling of alcohol
August 12, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Lakes state communities have expressed alarm that some bar owners with political connections have been openly flouting a state-wide ban on the sale of local brew and beer,...
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Lakes: Wulu authorities restart search for banned alcohol
August 17, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Authorities in Wulu county of Lakes state, which has banned alcohol since June, ordered a surprised search for alcohol within Wulu county's residential areas on Thursday.The...
View ArticleLakes: inter-clan clashes leave one woman dead in Yirol West county
August 21, 2013 (RUMBEK) – Tribal clashes in Lakes state's Yirol West county on Sunday have left one woman dead, while another man was admitted to hospital with severe wounds after being beaten to the...
View ArticleLakes state suspends salary of more than 400 employees
August 28, 2013 (RUMBEK) – The government of Lakes State on the instruction of the governor has stopped payment of salaries of staff on study leave, medical leave and those on secondment to...
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Four killed in Lakes state revenge attack
August 29, 2013 (RUMBEK) – A revenge attack on Sunday night in South Sudan's Lakes state left four people dead, authorities said.The map of Lakes state in redThe incident, according to Rumbek East...
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Lakes: SPLM official, three others arrested in Cueibet county
August 29, 2013 (RUMBEK) – Security forces in South Sudan's Lakes state arbitrarily arrested three teachers and a senior inspector in Cueibet county, authorities said.The map of Lakes state in redOne...
View ArticleRumbek school teacher dies after dog bite
August 31, 2013 (RUMBEK) – A school headmaster in Wulu County, Lakes State has died a week after being bitten by a wild dog infected with rabies.Simon Deng Bonyangu, the headmaster of Makoor primary...
View ArticleFour killed in Rumbek revenge attack
September 2, 2013 (RUMBEK) – Four people were on Sunday killed and five injured in a revenge attack in Lake state's Rumbek Central county.Clashes erupted in Kec cattle camp when suspected pastoralists...
View ArticleLakes state declares three days of mourning after protocol director dies
September 5, 2013 (JUBA) - Lakes state authorities have declared three days of mourning after the death of the long serving director for protocol, Abdalla Malook Mathiang, who died on Wednesday after...
View ArticleLakes: Five men shot in Rumbek North
September 12, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Authorities in Lakes state's Rumbek North county have reported that clashes erupted between cattle herding groups on Saturday.Five people were wounded after South Sudan's...
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Rumbek hospital suspends blood donations
September 16, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Authorities in Rumbek, the capital of South Sudan's Lakes state, have temporarily stopped blood transfusions in the local hospital due to lack of reagent screened...
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Lakes: Two killed and four wounded in forceful disarmament
September 17, 2013 (RUMBEK) – A surprise forceful disarmament by local authorities in Rumbek, the Lakes state capital Tuesday left two people dead, according to local reports.Four people reportedly...
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