National Catholic Register

Bishop-Elect to South Sudan's Rumbek Diocese: ‘I Will be Back and I Will be With You’

In the ACI Africa video Fr. Carlassare said, “Let us be united in prayer; let us be united with all our hearts to uphold forgiveness in our community." Fr. Christian Carlassare, Bishop-Elect of Rumbek ...
National Catholic Register

Bishop-Elect of Rumbek Pledges to Foster Unity, Receives Heroic Reception

Father Christian Carlassare, the bishop-elect of Rumbek, returned to his see Wednesday to jubilation, as he emphasized his intention to build unity in the diocese. The priest was shot in the legs ...
Radio Tamazuj

Over 30 women trained on trauma healing, peacebuilding in Rumbek

More than 30 women, including widows and mothers who lost relatives in communal violence, have completed training on trauma ...
CBS News

Poverty, food insecurity increasing child marriage in South Sudan, agencies say

RUMBEK, South Sudan-- "If I'd have refused, my father and brothers would have killed me," Eliza says. Shifting uncomfortably in her plastic chair, the 17-year-old recoils when remembering her wedding ...
Sudan Tribune

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 ...
Naija Gist - Latest

UNMISS organizes peace dialogue to resolve longstanding intercommunal conflict in Rumbek

A two-day peacebuilding dialogue organized jointly by the United Nation Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the Ministry for Peacebuilding in Rumbek recently concluded in Wulu county. The main aim: To ...
Radio Tamazuj

Rumbek: Spear masters call for end to revenge killings

Traditional spiritual leaders known as “spear masters” have called for an end to cycles of revenge killings, cattle raiding and road ambushes following a two-day peace conference in Rumbek, Lakes ...
Sudan Tribune

Rumbek authorities direct commissioners to end cycle of revenge attacks

March 19, 2015 (RUMBEK) – Authorities in Lakes state capital Rumbek have instructed county commissioners to take immediate action to end ongoing revenge attacks between pastoralist youth. The ...
Naija Gist - Latest

A Wide Spectrum of Rumbek Communities Attend Training on Gender Equality

“Women should be empowered to challenge traditional gender roles and stereotypes,” said John Ozigbe, a Human Rights Officer from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), based in Rumbek. Mr ...
Fides

AFRICA/SOUTH SUDAN- The Bishop of Rumbek, Monsignor Caesar Mazzolari dies during Mass

Rumbek (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop of Rumbek, Monsignor Caesar Mazzolari, died this morning, July 16, at 8 am at the State hospital in Rumbek, where he was hospitalized after the illness that struck him ...
UPI

Sudan rebel leader gets welcomed in Rumbek

RUMBEK, Sudan, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- John Garang, leader of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, returned Saturday to a hero's welcome to the southern capital Rumbek. It was the first time the former ...