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URN Agago District authorities have disqualified 10 out of 11 university students previously awarded the statehouse scholarships following a fresh verification exercise. Only one student from the original list, Geoffrey Otim, who is going to pursue a Bachelor of Biosystems Engineering at Gulu University, retained his award after meeting the […]

CCFU officials, Five Indigenous Minority Groups of West Nile region and education stakeholders posing for a group photo after launching the book in Arua City (All Photos by Onzoma Albert) By Onzoma Albert Arua City The Cross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda (CCFU), in partnership with five indigenous minority groups in the […]

Newborn receiving treatment at Arua Regional Referral Hospital Neonatal Unit / Photo: Dramadri Federick By Dramadri Federick Arua city Stakeholders in the West Nile sub-region are calling for increased investment in the health sector to address continued maternal deaths, warning that the trend could undermine Uganda’s efforts to reduce preventable […]

By Morish Dramadri Arua city With just a day remaining before the arrival of the Minister for Local Government, Hon. Balaam Barugahara, in West Nile, stakeholders across the region have welcomed his anti-corruption campaign, while urging him to pay greater attention to persistent challenges in the health and road sectors. […]

Courtesy photo. By Onzoma Albert Arua City Experts are urging residents of the West Nile region to strictly follow lightning safety measures following a recent surge in lightning strikes. In August 2026, a tragic incident occurred when a lightning strike killed six members of a family inside their home in […]

Youths during the Arua city Parliament sitting in commemoration of the International Youth day, World Refugee Day and the Day of the African Child. Photo/ Dramadri Federick By Dramadri Federick Arua city Young people in Arua City are calling for tax waivers on youth-led enterprises and a review of the […]

 Arua city senior inspector of schools Zilli Buzaa releasing the mock results to the diocesan education committee, File Photo By Morish Dramadri Arua City The Education Department of Madi West Nile Diocese has recorded a decline in the number of schools participating in its regional mock examinations, with diocesan officials […]

The new ambulance by Mapenduzi foundation (Photo by Biko Rombe) Biko Rombe Gulu City A newly acquired ambulance by Hon.Ojara Martin Mapenduzi MP Baedege-Layibi division under the Mapenduzi Foundation was blessed at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Gulu City, with Hon. Ojara saying the vehicle is intended to respond to growing […]

By Onzoma Albert Arua City The Arua City Chamber of Commerce and local hardware dealers have welcomed the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) directive requiring all hardware retail outlets to install verified weighing scales to ensure customers can weigh cement bags before purchase. This initiative is part of a […]

Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Henry Musasizi addresses the congregation during an ordination Mass in Omoro District. (Photo by Proscovia Achomo) By Proscovia Achomo Gulu City The government has pledged to upgrade the deteriorating Gulu-Moroto Road to first-class murram as residents and local leaders in Omoro District intensify […]