BBC AFRICAN NEWS: A court in Zambia has sentenced two men to two years in prison for attempting to use witchcraft to kill President Hakainde Hichilema. Zambian Leonard Phiri and Mozambican Jasten Mabulesse Candunde were convicted under the Witchcraft Act after being…
By Bondry Kilenga A section of residents in Kotido Municipality have expressed frustration over police slow response to crime, calling for a paradigm shift following a rise in case of night attacks in the area. The residents claim that the police always…
By Admin The acting Resident District Commissioner of Moroto Justine Samuel Tuko, has directed joint security forces to heighten operations along the borders porous borders between Uganda-Kenya. Moroto district has two unregulated entry points from Kosiroi to Lodwar in Kenya and Rupa…
By Lazarus Apunyo Four suspects held at Moroto Central Police Station for alleged child trafficking are set to appear in court soon to answer charges of human trafficking, according to the Mt. Moroto Regional Police Spokesperson, Mike Longole. The suspects have been…
By Mathew Longok Abekson Police in Kotido District say they have arrested five suspects in connection to the gruesome murder of Kalip Ogong aka Okolej, a technician and a prominent figure in the local football scene. Ogong was attacked on Monday night, August…
Stanley Ebele The community of Atirwai village in Mogol Parish Lotisan, Sub County, Moroto District is reeling from an incident in which unknown people dumped the body of an unidentified man at the entrance of their Manyatta. Manyatta is an enclosed residential…
Stanley Ebele A 14 year-old pupil of Komukuny Primary School in Kaabong Town Council took her own life by suicide inside a dormitory early Saturday, sending shock waves to the school community. The girl whose name is withheld because she is a…
By Bondry Kilenga Uganda People’s Defense Force (UPDF) soldier attached to Loptuk detachment under 3rd Infantry, Division Moroto, has shot dead his girlfriend under unclear circumstances. Maj. Isaac Oware, the 3rd infantry division spokesperson, has identified the soldier as Private Wolfensohn and…