Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Northern Regional Coordinator for the National Unity Platform (NUP), Tonny Olanya Olenge has distanced himself from being part of a gang that attacked the party`s office in Gulu City. On Monday morning rowdy youths and a section of some disgruntled NUP party coordinators …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unidentified youths have raided the Northern Regional National Unity Platform (NUP) party office in Gulu. The youth who were dressed red attires from head to toe stormed the NUP offices along Timothy Okee road in Pece-Laroo Division on Monday afternoon holding placards denouncing the office …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fifteen years ago, Samuel Obedgiu was abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army. At only 11 years, he was a child soldier, with nothing ahead of him but a future filled with darkness and hopelessness. Born January 14, 1995, at St Joseph Hospital Kitgum Mission …
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