Northern Uganda offers opportunities that we can all harness to better ourselves, our families, communities and the region.  But with opportunities comes competition. More Indians, South Sudanese, Chinese, other nationals, as well as Ugandans from other parts of the country are, for example, setting shop in […]

Retired commissioner secondary education Francis Agula has passed on,  Acholi Times has been told. Mr Agula was also the director of Trinity College, a secondary school in Gulu. Agula unsuccessfully contested for  the Nwoya district Chair seat in elections earlier. A source said Agula passed on at about  midday today at Independent Hospital in Gulu […]

Decked in army camouflage and talking tough, Democratic Party President Norbert Mao has threatened to mobilise Gulu residents to carry out night patrols against persistent and increasing attacks against residents. ”People are being hit left, right and centre; it is no longer a coincidence. It is a way of life. If by next weekend there […]

Gulu Deputy Town Clerk John Oola has been murdered by suspected thugs, police in Gulu has said in a statement released Tuesday morning on the social media platform Whatsapp. The statement by the Aswa region police spokesman said the late John Oola was hit by  unknown people at around midnight near Bright Valley Primary school […]

The recent attempt by the state to have Makerere University researcher Dr Stella Nyanzi subjected to a psychiatric assessment has helped put in the public domain the less discussed subject of mental. Although an important part of our overall health, mental health in Uganda does not get sufficient attention in the public domain to generate […]

By David Martin Aliker World Embrace (W.E), a Gulu- based Christian Non-Governmental organization has contributed 12 million shillings and pledged another 35 million to support preparations for the East Africa Athletics Games scheduled for August in Gulu. Gulu municipality was chosen to host the event but the dilapidated state of Pece War Memorial, expected to […]

By Uma Patrick Gulu district Khadi and Vice Chairman of the Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative (ALPI), Sheik Musa Khelil on Thursday stormed the office of the Gulu municipality Mayor George Labeja demanding an explanation why the mayor had failed to provide officers to enforce the Gulu district Alcohol ordinance. Musa Khelil pointed out that […]

A Lira- based journalist who reportedly posted a picture of himself online in bar, with a pistol on a table, drinks and a wallet stuffed with money has been arrested in Lira district. Bonny Odongo who works as a sub editor for Rupiny, a weekly Luo publication owned by the Vision Group was arrested Wednesday […]

Democratic Party (DP) in Acholi sub region has announced that it has embarked on a recruitment drive for new members in preparation for the 2021 general elections. The announcement was made on Wednesday by Gulu DP Chairman Kerobino Uma at the party’s offices located along school road in Pece division in Gulu town. Mr Uma […]

By Wairagala Wakabi–International Justice Monitor  Dominic Ongwen’s lawyers at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday challenged the account that a former abductee of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels made regarding an attack on a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs). Defense lawyer Charles Achaleke Taku alleged that there were contradictions between the statement […]