Seated beside his wife Mrs. Joy Ogwang and their son Jolly Joe Odongo at the orthopedic workshop in Gulu referral hospital, Inspector of Police Nelson Omara Ogwang is fading away without assistance from the force. His Khaki short hides his amputated lymph inside it as if it was a fashion for men with the same […]

At least 10 local leaders from Kololo Parish in Amuru district have silently been detained at Gulu Central Prison on charges of aggravated robberies, since April this year. The men including two women are charged with three counts of aggravated robberies. They were intitially detained by the Police for nearly two months before being arranged in […]

President Yoweri Museveni has named his younger brother and presidential adviser on military matters, General Salim Saleh, the new agriculture chief in Acholi sub region. Museveni revealed the appointment when he visited the families of late Lino Okuya and Labeja John in Ajan village Awere Parish in Odek Sub-county in Gulu district last Sunday. He […]

Traditionally and legally, remorse is an acknowledgement or guilt for crimes committed against unarmed groups of people by perpetrator(s) or is a reflection towards the journey for peace. This is what survivors (victims) of massacres in Northern Uganda are asking their government to do; apologize to them for its failure to offer unarmed civilians, as […]

Opposition leaders in Acholi last week called for the protection of Amuru land at all costs, as those with interest in grabbing land seem undeterred. The Uganda People’s Congress Party (UPC) President Ambassador Dr Olara Otunnu and Democratic Party (DP) leader Norbert Mao who visited Lakang in Amuru district on Sunday urged the residents to remain […]

Drama ensued on Monday in Apaa village in Amuru district when government surveyors started to demarcate the land belonging to the communities with the intention to give it to Adjumani district. The jittered residents who were held up in a meeting in the trading centre with police officials and the Resident District Commisioner (RDC) Captain […]

  Land evictions and related disputes in Amuru district is furthering more miseries among the population, with some even vowing to put their lives on the line in order to survive it. The Chairman of Lakang Parish David Oyet Owila on Tuesday warned Security Field Officials from the UN High Commission for Human Right not […]

They say that they wept and cursed to no avail. A section of women resident in Apaa in Amuru district claim that they were raped by Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) and Police officials in last Sunday’s exercise to evict them. Looking at their houses that lay in ruins, the women held back tears as they emotionally narrated […]

Puranga chief Rwot Andrea Olal Adiri and his wives dressed in Cenu, acholi traditional wears Puranga was a small divine chiefdom in 17th C before the coming of the European; it flourished until the British took over administration of Acholi territories and incorporated it under Pax Britannica. Prior to colonial rule Puranga chiefs played dual role as […]