By Yang Ater Yang Lakes State governor, Rin Tueny Mabor, has revealed he fired the Labor Minister, Mr. Jok Ayom Majak, because of “a plot to overthrow” his government. The governor unveiled his fears during swearing-in ceremony of two newly appointed member of cabinet, the ministers of Labor, minister of[Read More…]

By Yang Ater Yang At least 1,700 community health workers have graduated with first aid and home nursing skills in Rumbek, Lakes State. The graduates were trained for three months by the African Training Center (ATC) in collaboration with the state and national ministries of health. Trainings were conducted in[Read More…]

By Yang Ater Yang Eight (8) primary school teachers have been arrested for boycotting a screening exercise in Yirol West County, Lakes State. The screening test organized by the state Ministry of General Education and Instructions took place on June 10, 2023, but some of the teachers boycotted the exercise,[Read More…]

By Yang Ater Yang Chairperson of the Specialized Committee for Health in Lakes State Transitional Legislative Assembly has been suspended by the acting Speaker over allegations of corruption. Commissioner of Lakes State Revenue Authority had accused the chairperson of collecting taxes illegally from the private clinics and pharmacies in Rumbek[Read More…]

By Yang Ater Yang  HIV/AIDS Commission, supported by Public Health Department of United Nations Mission in South Sudan conducted 10-day HIV/AIDS sensitization workshop in Rumbek Lakes State. The workshop, scheduled to take ten days, attracted at least 25 participants from the state Ministry of Health and representatives of Lakes State[Read More…]

By Yang Ater Yang Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO) has welcomed the High Court ruling in Rumbek. The High Court ordered Lake state education ministry to reinstate and compensate, unlawfully detained and dismissed teachers who demanded for their rights. CEPO urged the State Government to obey the Court’s decision[Read More…]

By Yang Ater Yang A high court in Lakes State has ordered the state Minister of Education and Instructions to reinstate and compensate four teachers unlawfully dismissed from duties. In ruling on Tuesday, presiding Judge, Noah Gabriel Kau said the decree issued by the education minister for dismissal of the[Read More…]

By Yang Ater Yang At least two people have been killed, four others wounded, and over sixty cattle raided in Rumbek Central County of Lakes State by rustlers. Lakes State police spokesperson, Maj. Elijah Mabor Makuac, said suspected armed youth from neighboring Panyijar County of Unity State were responsible for[Read More…]

By Yang Ater Yang Senior officials of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM-IO) serving in South Sudan’s Lakes State Transitional Assembly have decried lack of political working space. The constitutional post holders in the state government said that as sons and daughters of Lakes State, they are only working[Read More…]

By Yang Ater Yang As teachers in Rumbek laid down tools, protesting enrolment into government payroll and salary increment, the learners are on the streets to demonstrate absence of instructors in the classrooms. Most affected are volunteer teachers in Rumbek East County of Lakes State, South Sudan, whose plights have[Read More…]

By Yang Ater Yang Unknown assailants kill a soldier attached to South Sudan People’s Defense Forces (SSPDF) military police unit, in Cueibet County Lakes State. Authorities identified the victim as Marop Domkoch, who was killed on Tuesday.  The soldier met his fate after leaving Juba, on permission to go and[Read More…]

By Yang Ater Yang Authorities in Lakes State, suspect armed youth from Luacjang community of Tonj East County to be responsible for death of six elderly fishermen, killed in Rumbek North County. Lakes State’s acting minister of information and communication, William Koji Kirjok said armed youth from Luacjang, Tonj East[Read More…]