Tag Archives: charcoal

Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  It was all tears among charcoal dealers as police and National Forestry Authority (NFA) officers raided their camps in Amuru district on Friday evening. The officers stormed a charcoal loading site in Pupwonya Village in Attiak Sub County along the Gulu-Nimule Highway where they found …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  A report by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized crime has faulted the Uganda Police and the Army for their role in illegal charcoal trade. The research conducted in Uganda, Kenya and South Sudan interviewed 348 people with direct involvement in the value chain as …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  |  Court has finally cleared the National Forestry Authority (NFA) to auction 492 bags of charcoal that were impounded during a crackdown on illegal charcoal dealers. The charcoal bags were impounded from Amuru and Gulu districts during an operation against illegal charcoal dealers in Acholi Sub …

 Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Police officers in Agago District are on the spot for allegedly aiding illegal charcoal trade.  This follows reports on the thriving commercial charcoal trade in the district despite the ban on commercial production and transportation of charcoal. The ban instituted during a full council meeting …

  Kabale, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT |  Charcoal prices in Kabale district have shot up in the past one months.   A sack of charcoal that was once sold at 20,000 Shillings now costs 32,000 Shillings.  Annet Kyomuhendo, a charcoal dealer in Kigongi in Central division Kabale municipality says that she …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Hundreds of different trees species covering an estimated 100 acres of land in Agago district have been destroyed by commercial charcoal dealers within the past two years, an environmental justice pressure group in Acholi sub-region has revealed.    The pressure group named Our Trees, We …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Shea nut trees are among the traditional tree species known for medicinal, food value, economic, and cultural significance in Acholi sub-region. However, shea nut trees which are also known to make quality coal have come under threat in the wake of a growing demand for …

Lamwo residents impounded bags of charcoal, timber and a truck belonging to suspected illegal loggers Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Lokung East in Lamwo town council and Lokung sub county in Lamwo district have impounded bags of charcoal, timber and a truck belonging to suspected illegal loggers. The …

Busia, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | Over 1,000 traders have deserted the newly gazetted charcoal market in Sofia village, Eastern division of Busia Municipality. On August 16, 2020, Busia district authorities allocated 2.9-acres of land that was hosting Sofia Market to the Ministry of Health for the expansion of the Port …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Iriiri sub county in Napak district have accused district officials of promoting charcoal trade in Karamoja. Simon Longoli, one of the concerned environmentalist and a resident of Auriki Akinei village in Iriiri sub-county in Napak district says that the campaign to protect the …