The later Speaker of parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, was laid to rest on Friday at his ancestral home in Omoro District. It ended two months in which from the time he was flown to a hospital in the US ...

Many locals link the conditions to witchcraft and bad omens. This widespread belief across communities has led to only a few parents and relatives seeking medical attention for children living with ...

The Acholi cultural institution has raised a red flag over what it described as the death of the Acholi language because of years of neglect and foreign influence. Acholi or Luo (Lwo) is a language ...

Seasoned Laraka Raka dancers were shuffling their feet on the dusty dance floor with expertise. Chests were curved as faces got dotted with sweat beads. The sun lit the arena as men and women panted ...

C-Care Launches State-of-the-Art Radiology Centre in Gulu, Expanding Access to Advanced Diagnostics in Northern Uganda Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | C-Care Uganda has officially launched a state-of ...

Kampala — Although the Banyoro in western Uganda and their Acholi counterparts in the north may appear culturally different, they share a lot historically. The close interaction, which began long ago, ...

Former Leader of Opposition and veteran politician Professor Morris Ogenga Latigo has questioned the National Resistance Movement's (NRM) true motives in Acholi, arguing that the recent defection of ...

Vol. 22, No. 3, Special Issue: Social Accountability in War Zones – Confronting Local Realities of Law and Justice (2015), pp. 387-409 (23 pages) Women are often understood to be highly marginalised ...

Two creative dips into African electronica feature here, with releases being represented by Ugandan label Nyege Nyege Tapes and its more club-focussed spin off, Hakuna Kulala. The Nyege Nyege release, ...

Four Acholi clans in Gulu and Amuru districts clashed with spears, arrows, pangas and axes over land last week, leaving two people seriously injured. Four Acholi clans in Gulu and Amuru districts ...

Feb 17, 2006 (JUBA) — Acholi king David Onek Achana has held consultations with southern Sudan vice President Riek Machar to find a resolution to the ongoing Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) crisis.