Northern Ugandan Journalists Launch On-line Newspaper

Northern Ugandan journalists have launched an on-line newspaper called The Nile Times. The launch of this sister paper also marks the end of Lango Web as a source of news on Northern Uganda. Lango Web will gradually be transformed into a Lango portal.

 

 

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Ugandan Cabinet Approves shs 150 Billion for Northern Uganda

 Kampala, February 5, 2009

 (Ultimate Media) The Minister of State in charge of Northern Uganda, David Wakikona has revealed that cabinet has approved 150 billion shillings for the implementation of the Peace, Recovery and Development plan (PRDP) for Northern Uganda.

 In a press statement today (February 5), Wakikona said the government is committed to the recovery and development efforts in northern Uganda.

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Appeal From A Child Mother; An Ex LRA Abductee

By Bonney Odongo
In Gulu

 

Prescovia Acayo (in green) poses with her children. Photo by Bonny Odongo

“I am requesting any person, organization or even the government to help me with these children especially their education, health, feeding and house rent because the business am doing gives me a profit of only 2 dollars per day,” Prescovia Acayo

 

Visibly malnourished children waved excitedly at us as we rode through the dusty potholed road to Lukung, a village located just few kilometres from Gulu town for an interview with a child mother.

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Lango Beauty is Miss Africa USA 2008 Contestant

She is bright, decent, down-to-earth, traditional, god-fearing and stunning. Miss Akello-Opio who prefers to call herself ‘Imat’ is representing Uganda on the American catwalk. Just look at her picture (below) … Need we say more?

Imat Akello-Opio, Miss Africa USA 2008 Contestant

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