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. Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni yesterday witnessed the signing of an agreement aimed at promoting sustainable peace and development among Turkana, Pokot and Karamojong communities. The programme dubbed Cross-Border Sustainable Peace and Development seeks to end hostilities among the three …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The 6th Karamoja Cultural celebrations are underway in Amudat district. Karamoja Cultural Day is an annual event celebrated in different districts within Karamoja since 2014. The celebrations commenced on Thursday with arrivals of several participants drawn from Teso, Turkana in Kenya; Toposa and Nyangatom in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah, has counseled leaders and residents in Lira to let the law take its course as they unite after clashes with a section of the Asian community. The clashes were triggered by the death of a one, Dickens Okello, a pupil …

Jerusalem, Undefined | AFP |  Israel has welcomed a group of 64 Ethiopian migrants, the first group of a new wave of 9,000 to arrive over the next five years, an official said Monday. Their arrival follows the resolution of a political crisis that threatened Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, …