17 April 2024, 5:21 pm

Thomas Kwoyelo starts defending himself in court after 14 years

By Emmy Daniel Ojara Gulu City Former Lord`s Resistance Army (LRA) fighter Thomas Kwoyelo has started defending himself for charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in northern Uganda. Kwoyelo, 49, has been in detention since 2009 following…

29 March 2024, 5:12 pm

Christians urged on unity, forgiveness during Easter

By Emmy Daniel Ojara Gulu Religious leaders have urged Christians to return to unity and break free from the bondage of sins during this Easter season. The clerics say that the trouble people face today is that they have too…

22 March 2024, 5:44 pm

Rt. Rev Raphael of Nebbi takes over Gulu Archdiocese as the new Bishop

By Emmy Daniel Ojara GULU The former Archbishop of Gulu Catholic Archdiocese, John Baptist Odama has been lauded for bringing peace and stability in war-torn northern Uganda. Odama`s twenty-five-year tenure as Bishop of Gulu Archdiocese officially ended today, Friday after…

14 March 2024, 1:34 pm

Scholarship excite girls in Nwoya as the number of boys in school dwindles

By Joyce Adokorach Ten girls in Nwoya district have received scholarship for 4 years to study o’ level starting 2024. The girls who sat for their PLE in 2023 passed in first and second grades and were selected for the…

28 August 2023, 7:34 pm

A Third of Commercial Sex Workers in Gulu City Married-Research

Dr. Bongomin elaborated that the study, conducted between February and March of this year, engaged 314 female commercial sex workers from 15 hotspots within Gulu City.

28 August 2023, 7:23 pm

Weightlifting to Tackle Mental Illness in the Northern Region

Jimmy Ocaka, a seasoned psychiatric nurse affiliated with Basic Needs UK in Uganda, an organization operating in conjunction with the Agago district health department, elucidates the tangible benefits of regular physical exercise on mental well-being. 

24 August 2023, 6:06 pm

A ‘’Smile’’ to Manage Sickle Cell Disease

About 33,000 babies are reportedly born with the disease annually in Uganda.

However, 80 percent of these die before the age of five due to disease complications, while about 16 percent of early infant mortality in the country is attributed to the disease, according to the Ministry of Health figures.

23 August 2023, 12:06 pm

The 5,000 Shillings Game Bus Drivers and Traffic Police Play on Ugandan Highways

Regardless of the state of your vehicle, whether you have an expired driver`s license, or you have pending penalties. Five thousand shillings is enough to bribe your way out at every police checkpoint.

22 August 2023, 12:50 pm

Thomas Kwoyelo Complaints of Ulcers, Asks Court for Special Food Diet

Kwoyelo, who has been on remand for over 15 years, cited ulcers as the reason for his request.

18 August 2023, 3:47 pm

The Ghost of Apaa Land Conflict: A Journalist’s Account of Carrying Corpses

Reaching there, under the banana plantation was the body of a man in his late 40s, lying on his back, his hands raised up and an arrow pierced through his chest. He was dead.