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Government security forces regain control of Rumbek town after outsiders attempted to seize the area.
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Town in Lakes State, South Sudan
Rumbek is the capital of Lakes State in the Bahr el Ghazal region of South Sudan. For a period from 2005, it also served as the administrative capital of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region.
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Government security forces regain control of Rumbek town after outsiders attempted to seize the area.
Seventy-one people were killed in intercommunal violence in South Sudan’s Rumbek. The clashes were reportedly due to ethnic and community conflicts.
Inter-communal violence in the central South Sudanese town of Rumbek has killed at least 71 people, including four soldiers, the interim government confirm