On Saturday I met a friend- Awel Uwihanganye whose NGO (CEED) is at the centre of organising the Gulu Marathon. Awel is very passionate about events in northern Uganda and has worked with many nonprofits in the region. After exchanging pleasantries, the first issue that popped up in our conversation was whether I will be […]

What would an ununiformed, unarmed district police commander be doing alone in a deserted part of Gulu town in the wee hours of a Wednesday  morning? That is  the question many in Gulu are asking after Joseph Ayiki, the acting Gulu district police commander was shot in the leg by a security guard at TAK […]

  By Ruth Atim “I was a very violent man who would drink a lot and batter his wife,” confesses Michael Ali, 38, from Coo-pee village about 8kms out of Gulu town. Mr Ali, is now considered a ‘‘model Man’’ after having undergone training by Gulu Women Economic Development and Globalization (GWED- G), a Gulu-based NGO […]

By Christian Today  A former child soldier who was sexually assaulted and forced into Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) will be awarded for her role in peace building in Uganda this week. Angela Atim Lakor will receive the Marsh Award for Peace-making and Peace building from the prestigious Wilton Park in London after she co-founded the Watye […]

By Tom Maliti, International Justice Monitor A former long-serving member of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) told the International Criminal Court (ICC) that sessions during which the LRA leader said he was possessed by spirits helped bind young members to the rebel group. Witness P-070 told the court on Monday that LRA leader Joseph Kony told […]

Dear our esteemed reader, As you may have noticed,  in the past couple of weeks we were offline due to technical challenges.  But even when we came back online, we were unable to regularly update the site.  We are happy to announce that we are now back to serve you with reliable and regular news […]

By Peter Labeja The appointment of Justice Owiny Dollo as Deputy Chief Justice has caused excitement in Acholi. In an August 18th letter to the Speaker of Parliament, president Museveni also appointed Justices Paul Mugamba and Richard Buteera on the bench of the Supreme Court. “This is, therefore, to forward to you their names and […]

By Livingstone Okello- Okello Since I wrote to Ms Betty Amongi, minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development about two weeks ago, she replied to me through Whatsapp saying I should have sought clarification from her before writing the letter. With all due respect to the minister, I am old enough to know under what […]

Madam Minister, 1. You will recall that soon after your appointment to be in charge of the land docket, you gave me a call on 9th June 2016, requesting to have a chat and “tap your brains as someone who had worked in lands for a long time and is knowledgeable in land matters before […]

  The Acholi Cultural institution, Ker Kwaro Acholi, has issued a strongly worded statement in response to a Sunday Monitor story in which Lands Minister Betty Amongi was quoted as saying that government will use force to  demarcate land in Amuru  that the Madhavani Group of companies with the support of government has  for years […]