Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 23 Ugandan nationals who were arrested by South Sudan authorities over alleged criminal trespass and illegal harvest of natural resources have been released. They were arrested last week in a disputed area along the border of Uganda and South Sudan while harvesting bamboo stems from …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lamwo Resident District Commissioner Nabinson Kidega, is nursing injuries at St Mary’s Hospital Lacor in Gulu City following a nasty road accident. Kidega, his bodyguard Christopher Onek, and driver Patrick Odongo, sustained multiple body injuries when his pickup registration number UG 3332C, overturned after knocking …
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Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspectorate of Government has arrested three people including Anthony Aluku, the Lamwo district desk officer for the Development Response to Displacement Impact Project (DRDIP) for alleged corruption and financial impropriety. He was picked up alongside Charles Mutuwa and Moses Kadobera, both officials from Epicenter …
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Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two people including a UPDF soldier are nursing bullet injuries sustained during a fire exchange between the army and armed South Sudanese cattle rustlers in Madi Opei sub county, Lamwo district on Monday. The civilian casualty has been identified as Peter Abac, a resident of …
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Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Tumanun A village in Agoro sub county in Lamwo district killed a suspected rustler from South Sudan over the weekend following a botched livestock theft. The area LC I chairperson Ismael Ogak, says that the deceased suspect together with two others attempted …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Officials from the Eastern Equatoria State of South Sudan have tasked their Ugandan counterparts to enforce a strict ban on the sale of crude gin to its citizens across the border. The call comes amidst a boom in trade of the illicit gin by Uganda …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Details have emerged pointing to motives behind last week’s intrusion of South Sudan People’s Defense Forces-SSPDF soldiers inside Uganda’s territorial boundaries at Ngomoromo in Lamwo district. At least 36 SSPDF soldiers from Pogee border post invaded Pangira Parish in Lokung sub-county and staged a …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hundreds of farmers in Lokung sub-county in Lamwo district have failed to access their farmlands at the contentious Uganda-South Sudan border point. This follows clashes between Uganda People Defense Forces-UPDF soldiers and South Sudan People’s Defense Forces at Otwilo in Pangira parish near Ngomoromo border …
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Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | South Sudan authorities have accused Ugandan security personnel and immigration border officials of alleged harassment of their nationals while exiting and entering their at the border points in Lamwo district. The concern was raised by authorities of the South Sudanese Ikotos county who petitioned the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces –UPDF has introduced new procedures to guarantee transparency in the recruitment of soldiers into the army across the country. The fourth infantry division spokesperson Maj Caesar Olweny says that unlike the past when officers were accused of handpicking relatives …
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