Tag Archives: Acholi

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Norbert Mao has justified the cooperation agreement he signed with the ruling National Resistance Movement Party (NRM) as the best idea for harmonizing Uganda’s political divide. Mao, the President of the opposition Democratic Party (DP) was in July …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The coffee yield in Acholi sub-region has stagnated for the past three years.  The government introduced Coffee growing in Acholi in 1999 as an alternative cash crop to cotton, in a bid to fight household poverty. However, when the war by the Lord’s Resistance …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Acholi clan chiefs opposed to the leadership of the Paramount Chief of Acholi David Onen Acana II has rejected calls for negotiations insisting that he must vacate the cultural institution. The previous week, the council of chiefs resolved in an impromptu …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Political and cultural leaders in Acholi Sub-region have called on the rival faction of cultural leaders and Acholi Paramount Chief David Onen Acana II to reconcile in a bid to promote harmony at the cultural institution. The call follows a recent resolution made by …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tension is mounting at the Acholi Cultural Institution following a decision by the council of chiefs to vote out the Acholi Paramount Chief, David Onen Acana II. The council of chiefs made the decision in an impromptu council meeting held in Gulu City on …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Religious leaders in Acholi have called on the government to review the Parish Development Model (PDM) so that it suits the real needs of the sub-region that is still recovering from the two decades of insurgencies. The clerics said although the PDM is a good …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police in the Aswa River Region have blamed the persistent incursion of suspected Karimojong rustlers in Acholi Sub-region on the limited numbers of Anti Stock Theft Unit personnel manning the porous areas. The region has lately witnessed repeated attacks from suspected armed Karimojong …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwot David Onen Acana II, the Paramount Chief of Acholi Cultural Institution, has called on the government to provide relief items to people in Agago district. The cultural leader visited families who have been orphaned and widowed as a result of the atrocities committed by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Cultural Institution has supported campaigns being undertaken by political leaders and community vigilantes to curb commercial trade and transportation of charcoal. Former Aruu County legislator Samuel Odonga Otto and Gilbert Olanya, the Kilak South MP last month launched a campaign to intercept charcoal …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF have recovered 2,700 cattle that were raided from East Acholi by suspected Karamojong rustlers. Capt. Amos Nsamba, the Spokesperson of the UPDF 5th Division, says that the animals were recovered in the past six months from Kitgum, Pader, Lamwo in Acholi …