Tag Archives: Lango

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The over two decades of war in Northern Uganda has left a big question of belonging to hundreds of children in Acholi. They were born to local mothers and fathered by either the LRA rebel fighters or UPDF during the war. Some grew up on …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Drugs Authority (NDA) in collaboration with Uganda Police has impounded assorted drugs worth 69 million shillings from unlicensed drug shops in Lango sub region. During the five-day compliance enforcement operation conducted in six districts of Apac, Alebtong, Kole, Oyam, Lira District and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Yosam Odur Ebii, the Paramount Chief of the Lango Cultural Foundation (LCF) has declared his intention to relinquish power and handover office to a new leader come December 2024. Muzee Odur, 94, has been at the helm of the Lango Cultural Foundation (LCF) for two decades …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 1,400 patients were operated on in the just concluded surgical camp conducted by the Association of Surgeons of Uganda (ASOU) in the Lango sub-region. The team of 250 surgeons that arrived on September 10th, offered free surgical services to people with different conditions such as …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Lango sub-region has witnessed a significant increase in Viral Load Suppression (VLS) over the past five years. The suppression rate has risen to 94 percent between 2018 and 2022, in contrast to the previous ten years when the sub-region struggled to surpass a …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | System of land ownership and greed have been identified as the major causes of increasing land disputes in the Lango sub-region. In Lango, land is customarily owned where pieces of land belong to particular households, communities, and or the clan. Since there is no …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The cultural leadership in Lango has taken a proactive stance in the fight against the rampant Tuberculosis (TB) prevalence within the sub-region. Lango ranks second only to the Kampala Metropolitan area in terms of the highest burden of TB cases in the country. Notably, …

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  The leadership of Tekwaro Lango, a parallel faction of Lango cultural leadership in conjunction with the Ministry of Water and Environment has launched a tree planting drive in an attempt to avert climate change. The drive dubbed “the Greening Lango Project” will have a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Lira has awarded 68 billion Shillings in compensation to more than 5,000 families after the government set up an Internally Displaced People’s (IDPs) camp on their land. In 2016, the families acting under their umbrella Lango Camp Host Association (LACHA) filed …

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF have recovered 2,700 cattle that were raided from East Acholi by suspected Karamojong rustlers. Capt. Amos Nsamba, the Spokesperson of the UPDF 5th Division, says that the animals were recovered in the past six months from Kitgum, Pader, Lamwo in Acholi …