Pakwach, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The death toll in the River Nile boat accident in Pakwach district has risen to four. Three more bodies were retrieved by fishermen from Ajingi landing site on Wednesday afternoon. The dead are Ofoy Jakuma from Erusi sub county, Rwothmio from Erusi and Gloria …
Read More »Rising Lake Albert water levels displace 200 in Pakwach
Pakwach, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 200 residents in Dei and Panyimur sub counties in Pakwach district have been displaced following the rising water levels of Lake Albert. Over 100 houses in the two sub-counties have been submerged and property worth millions of shillings destroyed by the floods …
Read More »One arrested with 150kgs of Ivory
Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Police with help of the Natural Resources Conservation Network carried out an operation in Pakwach district and arrested Opunya Edwin. He was arrested while in possession of four pieces of Ivory worth 60 million shillings. The 26 year old, an Acholi by tribe was arrested …
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