Blencowe owns 100% of the project and has a 21-year mining license in place, as well as all the necessary permits, approvals and community agreements to bring Orom-Cross into production.
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Awor Angweri: Lira City vocal councilor to enjoy festivities while on remand
Angweri’s court appearance came after she was arrested alongside Daniel Okello, the Council Speaker of the Lira City West division, who is now bedridden.
Posted inCrime
Suspected food poisoning kills two Lira district pupils
On December 19, 2024, the OC CID Lira District received notification of a sudden death in Ayami sub-county.
Posted inBusiness / People
Lango’s Rebecca Akullu named “outstanding woman entrepreneur” northern
Rebecca Akullu, the founder and CEO of NEWA Farms, has been named the most “outstanding woman entrepreneur in Northern Uganda” by Mkaziprenuer Impact.
Posted inParliament News
Opulent House: Speaker Among asks Ugandans for forgiveness
This year, angry youth demonstrated near Parliament to protest how the House is run by Speaker Among.
Posted inEducation / Oyam News
“Fiching for the future”: FICH graduates over 100 Oyam girls
Elizabeth Casta Alira (S.3) of Atapara SS stated that the FICH program has provided her with conflict resolution skills, leadership skills, and entrepreneurship skills, among other things.
Posted inCourt / News
Why the court ordered the government to pay compensation to LRA victims
In October 2024, court sentenced Kwoyelo to 40 years in prison for war crimes, the first senior member of the feared LRA rebel group to be convicted.
Posted inCourt / Culture / Lango
Court of Appeal: Ogwang Okul’s sworn affidavit in reply to Eng. Odongo Okune’s
Mr Ogwang’s affidavit to the Court of Appeal, which tndNews has a copy of, says the following:
Posted inCrime
Joint security keeps combing Lira City West Division
In recent weeks, joint security forces have arrested 54 suspected criminals in Lira City West Division.
Posted inOyam News / Politics
Their Voices: Oyam South locals on MP Betty Amongi, her agents and charges on donations
Political leaders, women and youth from Aber and Loro sub-counties have also expressed their concerns about Amongi’s politics, and her move to Lira City before her elective term of office in Oyam South is done.
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Landmark! Court orders government to compensate Thomas Kwoyelo’s 103 victims
Evan Ocheng, the defense lawyer, claimed that the Ugandan government failed to protect convict Thomas Kwoyelo when he was a 12-year-old child, allowing the LRA to abduct him.
Posted inEducation / Refugees
When childhood ends too soon: The hostile world of child mothers in the society
Child mothers are increasing in Obongi district among refugees people, and girls who get raped by their teachers.