BY DOREEN BAZIO ADJUMANI: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2024 In West Nile, a sub-region of Uganda that is prone to drought and adverse vagaries of weather, the food security situation is worsened by the hosting of a large number of refugees in the country. Many households receive only 30% of food …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU AND DRAMADRI FEDERICK ARUA: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2024 For the second time during routine inspections, Hon Mario Obiga Kania, the State Minister for Lands in-charge of Urban Development has extended the deadline for completion of the two bridges on Enyau River in Arua district and Arua City. …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: SATURDAY, 12 OCTOBER 2024 The Lions club in Arua has called upon the public to embrace the forth coming general eye clinic that has been organised by the Ministry of Health to commemorate the World Sight Day. Dr Amos Nyathirombo, an eye specialist and member of …
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Abundoned 6 in 1 fish cages floating on River Nile in Obongi districtBy Dramadri Federick ARUA: Friday, October 11, 2024 At Namsaiya cell, Roma ward in Obongi town council, a water logged area is shrouded in thickets as it straddles the shores of River Nile. It is where one of …
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Whether in Uganda or Burundi, gold mining remains predominantly artisanal and rudimentary. Many miners do not care about their health, less about the environment. By Richard Drasimaku and Renovat Ndabashinze November 15, 2023 This story was produced with support from the Congo Basin Rainforest Journalism Fund and the Pulitzer Center From the far …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2023 The Nubian community in Uganda is planning the first national parliamentary sitting as efforts by the Arua Nubian leadership to unify the scattered community starts to bear the first fruits. The national assembly will be hosted in Adjumani district from September 1 …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: SUNDAY, AUGUST 06, 2023 The West Nile Development Association (WENDA), an umbrella organization for the local governments in West Nile is organizing a grand reception in honour of Larry Feni, the swimming hero who won double gold at the special summer Olympics in Germany recently. The …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU MADI-OKOLLO: Thursday, August 03, 2023 It was once the trampling ground of the bulky beats which got extinct in the anarchic days of early 1980s but the clamour to have the iconic White Rhinos back to the Ajai wildlife reserve just got louder during the recent cultural …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: Monday, July 31, 2023 Augustine Guma was only 15 years old when tragedy befell Ombaci on Wednesday June 24, 1981. He survived the massacre and after the war he went back to school while at the same time doing petty business to pay his fees. In …
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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: MONDAY, JULY 02, 2023 While growing up as a child, Ben Afidra Amorimvapi, a resident of Degiya village, Olali parish-Ogoko Sub County developed fondness for White Rhinos. With his village home sitting on what was a controlled hunting area of Ajai wildlife reserve, Amorimvapi points to …
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