By Ochan Otim I was involved in a study that assessed the health risks associated with consumption of ‘sachet’ Waragi in Acoli, Uganda. The study found that alcohol in the market had agents that pose a serious health risk. My interest in assessing the health risk of consuming alcohol stems from my roots in Bolo […]

This is a slightly edited Q & A between Dr Otim and the media centre of the University of California, Los Angeles in which he responds to wide range of questions on the findings and implications of  his study which was last week published  in the journal, Plos One Why did you want to study this? […]

  Opposition leader Aol Betty Ocan is today expected to lead a team of opposition members of parliament on a fact- finding mission to Apaa, the contentious area claimed by both Amuru and Adjumani residents. Mrs Ocan told Acholi Times last evening that she will lead a team of eight opposition members of parliament following […]

Tom Maliti International Justice Monitor  Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) have adjourned the trial of Dominic Ongwen, a former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), for two weeks to allow his lawyers have doctors assess his [Ongwen’s] health. Presiding Judge Bertram Schmitt, together with Judges Péter Kovács and Raul C. Pangalangan of Trial […]

Dominic OngwenTom Maliti, International Justice Monitor  The trial of Dominic Ongwen, a former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), resumes at the International Criminal Court (ICC) after a break of nearly two months. From today, January 14, Ongwen’s lawyers will be calling the next set of witnesses they hope will help convince Trial Chamber […]

By Betty Aol Ocan The opposition, generally speaking, is a government in waiting. And true to that, in democratic societies, tables often turn with the opposition taking over power and those in power becoming the opposition. The regularity with which the power table swings from opposition to ruling party and from ruling party to the […]

    By Pamela Acemah Oryema, Canada The family of the Late Wilson Erinayo Oryema wishes to thank well-wishers from around the world, the media and friends for the support and prayers following the passing of world renowned singer, Geoffrey Ocheng Oryema on Friday, June 22, 2018. Oryema’s family wishes to clarify and provide the facts […]

In this second installment of a series that explores succession in Patiko, retired civil servant Paul R Kilama (LLB London), citing from various resources in his research work, looks at Samuel Baker’s second entry in Acholi, war with the Banyoro, Arab slave dealers, and the construction Fort Patiko.  On 6th March 1872 Baker again re-entered Acholiland […]

      By Paul R Kilama (LLB London) In  the first of a series intended to coincide with about the same time as the installation of the new Rwot of Patiko Chiefdom, Rwot Collins Atiko Mutto 2nd, who succeeds his predecessor the late Rwot Jerimiah Bongojane who died in March, 2017,  Paul R Kilama […]

  By Emar Okanokodi In late 2016 a meeting was held in a boardroom of the office of the Gulu Residence District Commissioner (RDC) chaired by the RDC himself, Okot Santos Lapolo. In attendance were the District Police Commander, religious, cultural and political leaders and musicians. In mid-2016, a renowned comedian and singer in Acholi […]