By Lazarus Apunyo Two people have died and three others are nursing injuries after the Lobutel Riverbank collapsed on them on Sunday. The incident took place in Natopojo village, Rupa Sub-County, Moroto District, and has been linked to a desperate search for…
By Bondry Kilenga The Ugandan and Chinese governments, in partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP) and Andre Foods International (AFI), have flagged off a rice distribution program in Karamoja to support vulnerable communities affected by food insecurity and malnutrition. The distribution…
By Prosper Gibolo Diocesan Development Services -North Karamoja (DDS-NK), has launched a six months immunisation drive dubbed Echipichip Ikicham project. Benjamin Adiaka, the Project Coordinator says the Shs184 million Project funded by Gavi under the Equity Accelerator Fund (EAF) will be implemented…
By Alexander Mackey Okori The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced a coordinated emergency plan to evacuate Ugandan citizens stranded in the Republic Islamic State of Iran and the State Israel as armed conflict between the two countries intensifies. The conflict between…
By Lazarus Apunyo Inadequate funding and logistical challenges have hindered delivery of justice to the victims of military human rights abuses in the Karamoja sub-region. This is according to the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) Chairperson, Mariam Wangadya. Wangadya who was in…
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Kenya Police Service, Eliud Kipkoech Lagat, has formally stepped aside from his role as investigations intensify into the controversial death of blogger Albert Ojwang’, whose arrest followed a defamation complaint allegedly filed by the senior officer.…
President Yoweri Museveni has signed the controversial Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (Amendment) Act, 2025, into law, granting military courts the powers to try civilians, a decision critics argue defies a Supreme Court ruling delivered on January 31, 2025. In May of this…
The administration has taken the lion’s share of Lango Cultural Institution’s budget estimates, totaling Shs 1 billion, for the financial year 2025/2026. The budget was presented to the Cabinet on Saturday, June 14, 2025 by the institution’s Executive Secretary Moris Chris Ongom,…