PWDs In Acholi Sub Abandoned In Former Camp Sites, Target Of Abuse After the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony and his rebels left northern Uganda for the jungles of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), South Sudan and the Central African Republic... Read more
Four Perish Along Gulu-Atiak Road Police along the Gulu-Atiak road were last week left in a state of bewilderness by the death of a local boda-boda rider, said to have been 'testing' his newly acquired motorcycle along the newly... Read more
Albertine Communities Embrace Total’s Awango Solar Lamps To enable off-grid, low-income communities that rely mainly on paraffin, to meet some of their most basic everyday needs, Total has introduced Awango by Total, a line of innovative, reliable solar... Read more
Gulu Runs Out Of Pneumonia Vaccines Children of two years and below in Gulu district have missed Pneumonia immunization for two weeks now, because the vaccine has run out in the district. Parents taking their children for... Read more
DP Leader Norbert Mao In Nairobi Hospital, Responding Well To Medication Following days speculation, the family of Norbert Mao,  the Democratic Party (DP) President clarified that the DP boss was in a stable condition at Nairobi hospital. Democratic Party... Read more
Families Affected by Nodding Syndrome To Benefit Under Restocking Exercise Families affected by the nodding diseases in Gulu district are set to benefit from the current restocking exercise being carried out in the greater northern region by the office of the Prime... Read more
Juba Road Accidents, Five Dead In Three Weeks At least five people have perished in road accidents along the Gulu-Atiak Highway in the last three weeks, according to police traffic reports. The latest victim is identified as... Read more
Gulu Struggling To Retain Girls In Schools As Parents Chose Early Marriage Over Education The education department in Gulu is struggling to keep girls in school as retention rates in primary schools continue to drop at an alarming rate. Statistics from the districts... Read more
Speaker begs residence to allow municipal open roads without compensation Gulu municipal council speaker Mr Kelly Komakech has appealed to Gulu municipal dwellers to allow the Municipal Authority to open roads without compensating them, if they really want more roads... Read more
Keyo Student Shot Dead By Exposs Security Guard, Family In Shs.4 Million Funeral Deal A senior four student of Keyo Secondary School in Amuru district identified as Ojok Oscar Sadam was on Monday night shot dead by the school’s security guard. Ojok 19, was shot dead at... Read more
DP Leader Norbert Mao In Nairobi Hospital, Responding Well To Medication Following days speculation, the family of Norbert Mao,  the Democratic Party (DP) President clarified that the DP... Read more
Four Perish Along Gulu-Atiak Road Police along the Gulu-Atiak road were last week left in a state of bewilderness by the death of a local boda-boda... Read more
Juba Road Accidents, Five Dead In Three Weeks At least five people have perished in road accidents along the Gulu-Atiak Highway in the last three weeks, according... Read more
Keyo Student Shot Dead By Exposs Security Guard, Family In Shs.4 Million Funeral Deal A senior four student of Keyo Secondary School in Amuru district identified as Ojok Oscar Sadam was on Monday night... Read more
Albertine Communities Embrace Total’s Awango Solar Lamps To enable off-grid, low-income communities that rely mainly on paraffin, to meet some of their most basic everyday... Read more
Gulu Struggling To Retain Girls In Schools As Parents Chose Early Marriage Over Education The education department in Gulu is struggling to keep girls in school as retention rates in primary schools continue... Read more
Former Nwoya MP Contestant Donates Text Books To Bidati P7 School Mr Tony Awany, a former contestant in the parliamentary elections of 2011 has donated text book worth over shs800,000... Read more
Speaker begs residence to allow municipal open roads without compensation Gulu municipal council speaker Mr Kelly Komakech has appealed to Gulu municipal dwellers to allow the Municipal... Read more
Families Affected by Nodding Syndrome To Benefit Under Restocking Exercise Families affected by the nodding diseases in Gulu district are set to benefit from the current restocking exercise... Read more
Northern Uganda Farmers Set To Penetrate EU Markets Farmers from Acholi sub region are set to begin selling their agricultural products directly to the European Union... Read more
PWDs In Acholi Sub Abandoned In Former Camp Sites, Target Of Abuse After the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony and his rebels left northern Uganda for the jungles of the... Read more
Gulu Runs Out Of Pneumonia Vaccines Children of two years and below in Gulu district have missed Pneumonia immunization for two weeks now, because the... Read more

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