Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Amuru police are investigating possible arson at Elegu market in Elegu town council. This follows a mysterious fire that razed down makeshift structures at the busy market on the Uganda-South Sudan border on Wednesday morning. The incident comes just a year after a devastating fire …
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Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sergeant Christopher Okot Bruce, the Officer-in-Charge of Opit police post in Omoro district has been arrested for shooting dead a reveler and injuring another. Okot reportedly shot dead Emmanuel Olanya,16, a pupil of Opit Primary School, and injured Simon Okema (25), from Opit town council …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Aswa River region has picked interest in investigating Northern Uganda based musician Bosmic Otim, for making threatening statements while posing with different guns. Recorded videos of Otim in which he is holding separate guns with several rounds of ammunition have been making …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 17 year-old girl in Gulu city has been stabbed to death by her boyfriend for terminating a pregnancy. The deceased has been identified as Miriam Akello, a first-year student pursuing a certificate in Accounting and Finance at East African Institute For Management Science. The …
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Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police is holding the secretary for sports and culture of Kitgum district Youth council over alleged murder. The suspect identified as Denis Oroma, a resident of Pajimo Central in Pajimo parish, Labongo Akwang sub county, is alleged to have assaulted a local business man at …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local council leaders in Gulu have petitioned the Resident City Commissioner-RCC over mushrooming criminal gangs masterminding insecurity in the city suburbs. Following the closure of education institutions due to the extended lockdown imposed by the government to contain the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Aswa river region police has threatened to arrest parents for negligence following escalating cases of deaths involving juveniles who drown in seasonal water bodies. Rivers such as Unyama and Aswa that flow across districts of Omoro, Pader, Gulu and Amuru, Tochi and Ayugi that flow …
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Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Lightning has killed a mother and her daughter in Agago district. Local authorities identified the deceased as Sharon Angwech, 28, and her six-month-old daughter Loyce Adyero. The lightning victims were reportedly struck dead at about 5pm on Monday evening during a heavy downpour, at their …
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Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 45 year old man in Pader district has succumbed to head injuries he sustained during a fight over Shillings 1,000 in a bar. The deceased has been identified as Walter Okello, a resident of Lapul sub-county. He was reportedly hit on the head with …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A police officer in Gulu city has been arrested following the escape of a suspect from police custody. Special Police Constable Leobenik Ojok is accused of negligence while on duty at Gulu Central Police Station which led to the escape of Emmanuel Ouma. Ouma was …
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