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2 former commissioners of defunct Gok State arrested Authorities in Lakes State have arrested two former commissioners of Abiriu and Duony Counties of the defunct Gok State in Yirol East County. The two arrested over the weekend by security forces were identified as Bol Madok and Abraham Gop Achien. One of the former commissioners who didn’t want to be named for fear of reprisals said that no charges have been brought against them since they were taken and imprisoned in Yirol East County on Saturday night. “We were invited officially for a meeting and we came and waited for the meeting un...

cattle camp in South Sudan’s Lakes State, October 2012. (The Niles photo) Local authorities in Cueibet town of Lakes State said marauders suspected to be from Pagor and Duong Payams on Wednesday killed a Sub-chief, Athugi Atool, and raided 56 head of cattle in Agangrial village of Ngap Payam. Speaking to Radio Tamazuj, the secretary-general of the now-defunct Gok State, Zechariah Mamer Thokgor, confirmed that 26 out of 56 head of cattle raided were recovered by the owners from the armed raiders. "The security forces are still following up the raiders who killed Sub-chief Athugi Atool from t...