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Widow Reclaims Land Sold Illegally by Mother-in-Law
Kole District – A 31-year-old widow, Linda Adoch, from Teopok Village, Lwala Parish in Kole District, has successfully reclaimed her two-acre piece of land that was fraudulently sold by her mother-in-law. Adoch, a mother of two, became embroiled in the land dispute in 2021, a year after the death of her husband. She alleges that…
NDA Nabs Health Officials Selling Stolen ARV Drugs To Poultry Farmers
Health authorities in Uganda have intensified efforts to combat the theft of government-supplied antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, with the latest operation leading to the arrest of a health worker and his accomplices. Ronald Kibalya Nditusawa, a health worker at Kamuli Hospital, was apprehended on November 15, 2024, by the National Drug Authority (NDA) during an operation…
Uganda Applauded By African Union For Extraordinary Agriculture Summit Preparations
The African Union (AU) Commission has commended Uganda for its robust preparations to host the upcoming AU Extraordinary Summit on Agriculture, set to take place from January 9 to 11, 2025, at the Speke Resort and Convention Centre in Munyonyo. Led by Dalitso Bonongwe, the Secretary to the AU Commission, a delegation conducted a week-long…
ATMIS Transfers 21 Bases To Somali National Army To Fight Al-Shabab Terrorists
The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) has completed the transfer of 21 military bases to the Somali National Army, marking the official conclusion of its troop withdrawal process, which was carried out in three phases, according to a statement from the mission. In preparation for a new AU-supported UN peacekeeping mission in the…