Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Gulu has rallied the public to back up their community policing efforts to curb a new wave of gang rape and defilement cases. This follows an increase in the activities of criminal youth gangs. The offenders flout restrictions on night movements, waylay …
Read More »Two students shot dead, another critically injured in botched robbery
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two students of St Joseph`s College Layibi School in Gulu City have been killed and another critically injured in a suspected robbery at a neighboring school. The deceased students have been identified as Brian Rubangakene and Emmanuel Okeny while the injured is Kenneth Rubangakene. According …
Read More »Returnees still far from resettlement in Northern Uganda-New Study
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of people in Northern Uganda who returned from captivity by the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army-LRA are yet to resettle and integrate in their community, a study by the Acholi Religious Peace Initiative has revealed. According to the study, 55.7% of the people who spent …
Read More »Police battles Kyagulanyi supporters in Gulu
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parts of Gulu city were covered in Teargas on Wednesday as police battled supporters of Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu. Kyagulanyi, the head of the National Unity Platform was scheduled to hold a campaign meeting at Awere Playgrounds in Layibi-Bardege division. He arrived in …
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