Exclusive: Minister Amongi’s political decisions to quit Oyam South
Betty Amongi has been the Oyam South MP since 2011 and sources say she’s quitting for Lira City Woman MP seat in 2026.
Category: Special Reports
Report: 7,398 teenage pregnancies recorded in three months in Lango
Oyam district is the leader in teenage pregnancies in the new report and is followed by Alebtong.
The inside story: Why Yahweh Pentecostal Ministry is arm-twisting PAG Uganda over property claim
Bernard Etam, a pastor attached to the defunct PAG Lira, now known as Yahweh Pentecostal Mission could not also hide his frustration.
List of 24 countries barring women from conferring nationality to their children
A total of 12 countries have taken steps to remove gender discrimination from their nationality laws – crucial to ensuring that children are not left stateless if their fathers are stateless or unable to confer their nationality,” the global refugee agency stated.
Wildlife scouts manning Queen Elizabeth National Park ‘proud of the job’ amid key challenges
Twinomugisha Deusdedit, the assistant warden community conservation for Queen Elizabeth national park responded to some of the issues raised by the wildlife scouts’ chairpersons in Kanungu and Rukungiri districts.
Allianz: Expected rise in strikes, riots, and protests to test business resilience
Since 2017, more than 400 significant anti-government protests have erupted worldwide. It is unsurprising then that ‘political risks and violence’ ranks as a top 10 peril in the Allianz Risk Barometer in 2023.
Refugees in Adjumani embrace cassava growing
Ms. Regina Yangi, 51, is a refugee from Maaji III refugee settlement who fled South Sudan in 2016. She said for close to five years she did not have access to land but she has been renting expensively.
Journalism knows no gender: Read what Lango female Journalists say
Egonyo says most females journalists tend to either drop out along the way or they are financially constrained or having phobia.
How social entrepreneurs are changing the lives of street children in Gulu City
Through their Hashtag Gulu project, these two young men have effectively removed 20 teens and children off the streets of Gulu City, reintegrated some with their families, and trained others in technical skills.
Deforestation spikes GBV in Uganda’s West Nile sub-region
Rights groups have pointed out that women experience changes in their livelihoods because of deforestation and eventually gender-based violence.
Uganda: Learners defy odds with various businesses during and after COVID-19 lockdown
From March 2020, schools in Uganda were closed and learners were placed into ‘total’ lockdown with the education sector the most affected.
Lango: Hope at last for teenage mothers after Covid-19 lockdown havoc
“When the government reopened schools, most teenage mothers went into hiding due to stigma and fear but they managed to use case management to identify the teen mothers,” said Tommy Okada.