The later Speaker of parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, was laid to rest on Friday at his ancestral home in Omoro District. It ended two months in which from the time he was flown to a hospital in the US ...

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) has enlisted cultural leaders in ...

The Acholi cultural institution has raised a red flag over what it described as the death of the Acholi language because of years of neglect and foreign influence. Acholi or Luo (Lwo) is a language ...

ACHOLI - President Yoweri Museveni has assured the people of Acholi subregion that the government is committed to solving the Apaa Land conflict between the Madi tribe of Adjumani and the Acholi of ...

Late last month, authorities in the greater northern Uganda ordered the Balaalo herdsmen out of the area as per a presidential directive to evict them. In a May 19 Executive Order Number 3, President ...

The Japan-based Niwano Peace Foundation says it will for the first time award its annual prize to an African group—the Acholi Religious Leaders’ Peace Initiative, which seeks social justice and the ...

In a bold step towards preserving its cultural identity in a fast-changing world, Acholi has launched its first-ever magazine: The Bokolok.The publication is dedicated to preserving, promoting and ...

Kampala — RECENT press reports have quoted some Acholi MPs objecting to investors getting land in Acholi. One member reportedly swore to wage a spear war on any investor who sets foot in Acholiland.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The Acholi are the designated warriors of Northern Uganda. Acholi Machon, which can swell to a 15-piece, is built ...