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General Wamala Assures Acholi Sub Region On Peace And Security The new army Chief of Defense Forces (CDF) General Edward Katumba Wamala, has assured the people of Acholi Sub... Read more
Kitgum NRM Members Raise shs4 Million Shillings For Movement House Kitgum district NRM delegates and opinion leaders say that they have fundraised shs4.385 million Uganda shillings in... Read more
Religious Leaders Cautioned Against Discouraging AIDS Patient From Taking ARVS Resident District Commissioners (RDCs), LCV Chairpersons and District Health Officers (DHOs) from Acholi districts... Read more
Kitgum Health Units Lack Anti-Rabies Vaccines Health units in Kitgum district are grappling with the lack of anti-rabies vaccines amidst an upsurge in bites from... Read more
Widows In Acholi Demand Right To Access Land Widows from Acholi sub region say that they are faced with a more complexed and grueling process of return and... Read more
“Uganda Has Run Out Of ARVs & HIV Test Kits” – Ministry Of Health According to a recent Ministry of Health stock status report, Uganda has run out of most antiretroviral drugs (ARVs),... Read more
Gulu Rocked By Gunfire As Soldiers Intercept Suspected Contraband Smugglers Gulu town was Thursday morning rocked by gun fire as two soldiers attached to the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA),... Read more
Suspected Motorbike Thief Survives Lynching by Angry Boda-Boda Operators A suspected motorbike thief on Thursday survived being lynched by rowdy boda boda operators after he was netted... Read more
Gulu Court Orders Deportation Of 32 Suspected Illegal Immigrants A Court in Gulu has ordered the deportation of thirty two foreign nationals. The foreign nationals including thirty... Read more
Lamwo Leaders Tell Residents To Boil Drinking Water Due To Water Borne Diseases Community leaders in Lokung and Agoro sub counties in Lamwo district are asking residents to boil all drinking water... Read more
South Sudan Arrest Nine Ugandans In Lokung, Says They Are Opering On Sudan Land Authorities in South Sudan have been urged to release nine Ugandan nationals who were last month apprehended while... Read more
Parents Want Headteacher Prosecuted Over Mismanagement Of Over Shs11 Million Shillings Pawidi Primary School in Lagoro Sub County, Kitgum district is operating in a sorry state without a head teacher,... Read more
LC3 Chairman Vows To Arrest Men Drunk In Early Ours Of The Morning The LC3 Chairperson for Ongako Sub County in Omoro county, Gulu district, Mr Emmanuel Okumu Luru has vowed to arrest... Read more
KTODA Condemns State Of Road Linking Kitgum To Lamwo Municipalities Kitgum Taxi Owners and Drivers Association (KTODA) has condemned the “appalling” condition  of the road linking... Read more
Bardege Residents Panic As Animals Die Mysteriously A yet to be identified cattle disease has struck Kanyagoga A and Kanyagoga B parishes in Bardege division, Gulu... Read more

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Minister of Health Downplays Number of Victims Affected by Nodding Disease The Minister of Health... Read more
Nodding Syndrome Victim Appeals For Funds For Pain Relieving Surgery Ketty Adoch 14 who got... Read more
Yellow Fever Case Confirmed in Agago Doctors have now confirmed... Read more
TB Continues to Batter Northern Uganda Almost 98% of all... Read more
8-year-old boy Need Shs20 Million For Kidney Operation A 8-year-old boy from Koro... Read more
Unicef Pledges Nutritious Food Supplements to Nodding Syndrome Sufferers UNICEF has pledged... Read more
Atanga Health Centre Registers Over 800 Nodding Disease Cases in Two Months According to a new report... Read more
Parents Call For Physical And Speech Therapy For Children Affected By Nodding Disease With Scientists and the... Read more
Nodding Disease Children Suffer As Pader Health Workers Strike More than 1,105 nodding... Read more
Slow Government Response Responsible For Nodding Disease Deaths – District Health Official Gulu Health workers on... Read more
Centre For Disease Control To Approve Testing Study For Nodding syndrome The Centre for Disease... Read more
Parents Seek Shs200 Million For Son’s Brain Surgery The parents of Francis... Read more
An American Neurologist has condemned the treatment of nodding disease basing on symptoms An American Neurologist has... Read more
Legislators Threaten to Ferry Nodding Victims to the USA for Treatment The division in opinion... Read more
Nodding Disease Claims More Children In Gulu District As the resettlement into... Read more
Cervical Cancer, The Next Deadly Killer In Acholi Sub-Region The obstetrics and... Read more
Famine Looms in Pader as Nodding Syndrome Rages-on Authorities in Pader... Read more
Poor Government Controlled Roads Leading to Deaths of Nodding Victim The LC5 Chairman for Pader... Read more
Hope for victims of nodding disease in Uganda It's like a second war, say... Read more
Parents Of 8 Years Old Appeal For Funds For Kidney Transplant The parents of a eight... Read more
Nodding Disease Victim Dumped at the RDC’s Office in Gulu A child suffering from the... Read more
A little girl raped, wrongly treated and disabled by deadly ARV drugs “My eyes turned red, the... Read more
ONE YEAR OLD CHILD IN NEED OF SHS 40MILLION FOR HEART SURGERY Sharon Nagudi, one year old... Read more
Fighting TB in Northern Uganda Remains a Challenge Due to Lack of Multi Drug Resistance Medication Hundreds of patients... Read more
Nodding disease will affect demographics of the region – say parents Parents of children... Read more
School Says It Is Loosing Battle with Nodding Disease While health experts try to... Read more

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Nodding Syndrome: A Devastating Medical Mystery In Uganda
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The Cry Of A Parent With A Nodding Child!
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“My Journey from a destitute to a Nobel Peace icon” -Ms Rosalba Oywa, a 2005 Nobel Peace Prize nominee and founder of the People’s Voice for Peace     Ms Rosalba Oywa, a 2005 Nobel Peace Prize nominee and founder of the People’s Voice for Peace, an... Read more
Nile Award medallist Labeka Auma Okwong, 80. When it came to education, girls were viewed as would-be prostitutes and lazy, – Retired teacher also Nile... Read more
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Acholi Legislators Are Not Resisting Development – Hon Reagan Okumu The chairperson for Acholi Parliamentary Group (APG) and Member of Parliament for Aswa County, Hon Ronald... Read more
Ronald Reagan Okumu, Member of Parliament for Aswa County  Acholi can recover from the war and the current economic crisis Always viewed by his constituents as... Read more
Gilbert Olanya - Member of Parliament for Kilak County, Amuru District Gilbert Olanya was elected Member of Parliament (Independent) in the recently contested elections of... Read more

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