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NTV Uganda
February 19, 2018
Obweyamo buno sipiika abuwadde bwabadde asisinkanye abantu bano okuva mu disitulikiti munaana abeegattira mu kibiina kin Acholi War Debt claimants olwaleero. Sipiika wa Palamenti Rebecca Kadaga asuubizza okuyambako ababanja abakosebwa mu lutalo mu mambuka ga Uganda ku buwumbiÃÂ ...
Sudan Tribune
February 11, 2018
Museveni, who effectively outmanoeuvred former United States President Barak Obama in South Sudan's civil war, is ready to subvert any attempt to find a peaceful solution to the conflict. He did this by ... The atrocities Museveni committed against the Langi and Acholi people are horrendous. Most SouthÃÂ ...
AllAfrica.com
February 8, 2018
Up to now, the north is still suffering from the aftermath of the war between the NRA and ruminants of the previous regimes. When you compare with previous regimes how does Uganda fare; I would say that the north has suffered serious economic and political setback. I must say that this thing becameÃÂ ...
AllAfrica.com
February 8, 2018
The criminal gangs later use the weapons to rob and kill residents in Acholi and Lango Sub-regions. More than 40,000 South Sudan ... The 4th and 5th Division Army public relations officer, Telesphor Turyamumanya, says there is spillover from the war in South Sudan. "There are several criminals that areÃÂ ...
Georgetown University The Hoya
January 30, 2018
Coming from the Kakwa ethnic group, Amin sanctioned violence against the Acholi and Lango ethnic groups, supposed Obote supporters. Anonymous ... Amin, who delivered war, ethnic violence and economic ruin, rose to power acting as leader of one part of Uganda, not the whole nation. Countries areÃÂ ...
Black Star News
January 22, 2018
Mr. David Omona, receives his pair of oxen and ox-plough from Rwot David Onen-Acana II at Ker Kwaro Acholi. ... General Yoweri Museveni, was just beginning to wage his five-year National Resistance Army/Movement (NRA/M) bush war which eventually saw the end of two regimes; that of Dr. MiltonÃÂ ...
Sudan Tribune
January 13, 2018
Kiir thought that he could easily use the same killing methods Museveni once used against the Acholi and Langi people. It would be a ... Kiir surprised millions of South Sudanese when he announced the following morning after the war broke out that his forces were hunting down rebels. In fact, there wereÃÂ ...
Black Star News
January 4, 2018
KITGUM-UGANDA: After failing to get compensated by the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government of Dictator and Ruler for Life President Yoweri Museveni, after a two-decade senseless war which destroyed the region causing millions in losses, the people of Acholi have finally come together toÃÂ ...
Waco Tribune-Herald
January 2, 2018
In this photo taken Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017, former child soldiers of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and community members make a traditional Acholi dance performance at a music therapy pilot program in Gulu, Uganda. A brutal rebellion by the LRA brought years of suffering to the people of northernÃÂ ...
Herald live
December 20, 2017
... war. “The training is directed at getting young people to attain inner peace and to do different things to bring peace in the lives of others.” In Uganda‚ the same transformative peace training programme had been offered to youngsters from the Kiryandongo Refugee Camp and youth from the Acholi region,ÃÂ ...
Business Day
December 20, 2017
In South Sudan‚ everyone in the programme was directly and indirectly affected by the ongoing civil war‚" said Williams who is the visiting professor in ... transformative peace-training programme has been offered to youngsters from the Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement and youth from the Acholi region.
Black Star News
December 19, 2017
If the National Resistance Movement (NRM) MPs say Acholi should be declared a National Park because they have the numbers in parliament, then ... he and Mr. Daniel Omara-Atubo tabled a motion in parliament which took the suffering of the people in northern Uganda caused by the senseless warÃÂ ...
New Vision
December 17, 2017
The diverse Acholi culture was on full display for the president, with dances like Otole (war dance), Bwola (dance of the king) Larakaraka (courtship), myel lyel (dance of the dead) Dingi dingi, Aguma, Ajere, Apiti, Acut, among others. They also showcased hunting games, foods, artefacts, medicines andÃÂ ...
NTV Uganda
December 15, 2017
The togetherness is a symbol of unity, a demonstration and gesture of war through and courtship among talented individuals.All the fifty-four traditional chiefs were present. The other guests include Dr Olara Otunnu, Norbert Mao, Salamu Musumba, and Dan Kidega former East African Legislative SpeakerÃÂ ...
New Vision
December 15, 2017
The festival is running under the theme: Kwero Deyo pa Acholi (celebrating the beauty of the Acholi people). The event will end with a climax tomorrow. Many Acholi traditional dancers from different parts of Acholi have shown their different dances. The over 50 Acholi traditional dances includes Otole (warÃÂ ...
New Vision
December 14, 2017
Over 50 dancing groups from all over the eight districts of Acholiland have turned up for the event. The Acholi culture boasts of over 50 dances, including the popular Laraka Raka (courtship dance), dingi dingi, Otole (war dance), Acut, Bwola (dance of the king), Ajere, Apiti, Aguma, Nanga, Lakubu kubu andÃÂ ...
Uganda Radio Network
December 14, 2017
Dancers Display Acholi War Dance (Otole) During The Procession in Gulu Town Login to license this image from 1$. In short. Pompous display is filling the air at Kaunda parade grounds in Gulu Town as Acholi cultural dancers display the ethnic groups heritage in the inaugural annual cultural festival.
Black Star News
December 13, 2017
... more than three weeks ago, the wisdom of choosing President Museveni as Chief Guest yet he has been on record saying that cultural leaders should not meddle in politics; yet it was under his regime that the Acholi as a tribe, suffered most. There was a two decade war in the northern Uganda where theÃÂ ...
Resident Advisor
December 5, 2017
Elmi's parents left Somalia during the early-1990s civil war, and she lived in Kenya and Ethiopia before arriving in Uganda's capital. ... Nyege Nyege Tapes, a label that is releasing thrilling, mostly East African music, ranging from northern Ugandan electro acholi to singeli from the streets of Dar Es Salaam.
Seattle Globalist
August 23, 2017
As the region continues to recover from the war, children born in captivity suffer from stigma and discrimination by community members, who often think of them as children of rebels and murderers. The discrimination leads to poverty and homelessness. In the Acholi culture, the absence of a clear paternalÃÂ ...
Black Star News
May 11, 2017
“What began as a war of resistance, spearheaded by Mr. Museveni against the dominations of armed forces by the Acholi ethnic group from the time when Ugandans were fighting to remove Idi Amin from power in the early 1970's, has now graduated into alienating the region from equitable sharing of theÃÂ ...
NTV Uganda
December 31, 1999
The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has promised to investigate why 50 billion shillings meant for Acholi War Claimants has never been received by the intended recipients. The speaker made the promise during a meeting with members of the Acholi War Debt Claimants Associations this morning.
Black Star News
November 29, 2017
“I met Kony in 2005 in the jungles of the Democratic Republic of Congo and I briefed him on the plight of the people caused by the war. I told him that the Acholi would lose their land through government plan of establishing permanent settlement while in camps in the region. I told him not to turn his guns on ...
NPR
November 29, 2017
How Dogs Are Lending A Paw To Uganda's Traumatized War Veterans ... Ogen Rwot, whose name means "Trust in the Lord" in Acholi, is a therapy dog. ... Rwot came to Watmon through the Comfort Dog Project in northern Uganda that pairs dogs with former fighters and others traumatized by the war.
The Medium
November 27, 2017
The population of the professor's study was the Acholi ethnic group. Laliberte explained that in this society, functioning under the patriarchal system was complex. A topic that was brought up during the discussion was bride prices in patriarchal and post-war societies. As Laliberte explained, the Acholi ...
AllAfrica.com
November 21, 2017
Uganda is not in danger of renewed civil war or rebel violence, but it risks sliding into a political crisis that could eventually threaten the country's ..... In northern Uganda, communities in the Acholi and West Nile regions are sceptical of the government's acquisition of communal land to house the huge influx ...
The Observer
November 18, 2017
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe arrived at a university graduation ceremony in the capital on Friday, his first public appearance since a military seizure of power that political sources say is aimed at ending his 37 years in office. According to Reuters, wearing a blue and yellow academic gown and ...
The Observer
November 16, 2017
Majority of women in refugee camps fear to use any method of birth control since their husbands are against it due to their cultural beliefs, and claims that they are producing children to replace their parents and relatives who have died in South-Sudan's wars,” Loice Abiria, a comprehensive nurse here told ...
The Observer
November 12, 2017
“Okot p'Bitek inspired me; I read the Song of Lawino version in Acholi which inspired me. I find the poem ... Growing up in Northern Uganda in the 1990s meant seeing the effects of the Lord Resistance Army (LRA) war first-hand. ... In fact, most of her works narrate the effects of the war that lasted for years.
News Deeply
November 6, 2017
Development programming can make some cities in Libya livable for migrants again, say development experts Paul Clewett and Pernille Goodall. They also offer a noncoercive means to reducing people flows across the Mediterranean.
AllAfrica.com
October 29, 2017
... of the First World War to purchase Van Gogh art collections and others by ... Kenya was also accused of hosting Alice Lakwena, the Acholi ...
New Vision
October 21, 2017
It is supposed to be embraced by all survivors from Acholi, Lango, eastern ... out to many people who are still traumatised by the effects of war.
ABC Online
October 13, 2017
She's a big, tall, strong woman from the Acholi tribe; a woman with a gentle voice and a gracious ... The war left her wounded and widowed.
Ghafla!
October 12, 2017
The Lords Resistance Army, a rebel group attacked Acholi land for more than ... The war may be done, but the effect is still seen on many, both ...
The Observer
October 10, 2017
“The war in Sudan didn't start recently...so the black people in the southern ... The commission of inquiry plans to traverse the entire Acholi land ...
The Observer
October 9, 2017
1972: Idi Amin declares “economic war”, giving Asians a 90-day ultimatum ... dies in helicopter crash at a time Acholi soldiers were complaining ...
Black Star News
October 2, 2017
... the Ugandan government's brutal campaigns against the Acholi people. ... Uganda and the War on Terror" explores the U.S. relationship with ...
Seattle Globalist
August 23, 2017
Children of Uganda's Civil War face lingering stigma ... In the Acholi culture, the absence of a clear paternal lineage prevents the former ...
AllAfrica.com
June 14, 2017
Uganda: Apaa Land Conflict Divides Acholi, Madi Communities ... But the 20-year Lord's Resistance Army war forced many people off this land ...
Utah Public Radio
December 31, 1999
... standard journalistic narratives of war and tragedy and show people as ... to the ethnic group to which he belonged, the Acholi ethnic group.
Aljazeera.com
September 25, 2017
The United Nations described the conflict as a war fought by children on children. .... The 50-year-old Acholi native left the LRA in 2012.
PRI
September 21, 2017
Many South Sudanese Acholi have fled south to Uganda since civil war enveloped their young country in 2013. After gaining independenceÃÂ ...
AllAfrica.com
September 20, 2017
Mostly written in Acholi and Kiswahilli, the film manages to come off naturally from the actors who deliver many of the lines with the rightÃÂ ...
Independent Online
September 13, 2017
The cult-like LRA has been waging war in northern Uganda for the past 17 ... The LRA says it is fighting to improve the lot of the northern AcholiÃÂ ...
Independent Online
September 11, 2017
"He did not finish the payment of the dowry and in Acholi culture, if you ... 1,5 million people displaced by northern Uganda's 20- year civil war.
Black Star News
September 6, 2017
... in fueling the war in South Sudan by supporting President Salva Kiir military. ... Dr. Rugunda hailed the people of Acholi for supporting andÃÂ ...
Reliefweb
September 4, 2017
... Screening for Experiences of Violence amongst War-Affected South ... Acholi and Madi were the largest group of respondents, followed byÃÂ ...
AllAfrica.com
August 30, 2017
Gulu — Civil society organisations in Acholi and Lango sub-regions ... war that devastated northern Uganda allegedly with close guidance andÃÂ ...
Black Star News
December 31, 1999
It was here that they fought a bitter war with another migrating group, the ... believes the traditional justice systems of the Acholi people whichÃÂ ...
Huffington Post
March 27, 2017
Tamar worked in Uganda to develop a curriculum for children affected by war. Her music is a mix of electro-pop, with West African ... I started learning a little bit of Acholi which is a totally different family of language. Then I ended up moving ...
