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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The leadership of Kebu Rigangi, the kingdom of the Kebu people, has confirmed that the new Paramount Chief (Tebizi) will be elected this May. The election aims to fill the position left vacant in August last year following the death of the Tebizi, Ephraim Waringu …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of elders and political leaders in the Acholi Sub-region have recommended the drafting of a legal framework to help govern Ker Kwaro Acholi (the Acholi Cultural Constitution) and avoid future leadership wrangles. The recommendation comes more than a month after a section …

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 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Nations aid chief said it will be difficult to secure an end to the fighting in Sudan, as the warring parties are keen to “keep it going”. He said it was “really, really, deeply concerning” the speed with which the crisis was “going …

Ngora, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Ngora district are looking for a driver who knocked dead the Sub County Chief of Kapir, John Stephen Olemunyang. He was knocked by a speeding car along Soroti- Mbale road on Saturday night when he was riding back home from Mukura trading center …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Susanna Dinnage has shocked English football by deciding she no longer wants to be the chief executive of the Premier League despite previously accepting the post. Dinnage, a television executive, was announced as the successor to the long-serving Richard Scudamore in November, with her …

Kananga, DR Congo | AFP | A militia chief accused of waging a weeks-long terror campaign in DR Congo’s Kasai region has surrendered to the authorities, a local official said Tuesday. “Chief Kalamba Dilondo came to Kakenge of his own accord (on Monday),” Jacopo Pembe Longo, administrator of Mweka territory …

THIS WEEK: South Sudan’s former chief of staff refuses to surrender arms Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Troops have been surrounding the home of South Sudan’s Former Chief of Staff Gen. Paul Malong since Nov.04 on orders of President Salva Kiir that the general surrenders his arms and body guards. …