http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/stories.php?iStatus=&iUser=&iLocation=&iKeyword=24&iType=&iCategory=&tAuthor= Uganda Radio Network (URN) is a subscription-based independent news agency and training center that produces current affairs programs, documentaries and the latest news on Uganda. en-en http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/images/logo.png http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/stories.php?iStatus=&iUser=&iLocation=&iKeyword=24&iType=&iCategory=&tAuthor= http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=51915 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=51915 He says that last month 28 female abductees who include four from Uganda escaped from captivity and are now undergoing psycho-social support in Central African Republic before being reintegrated back to the community.]]> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:57:54 +0300 2.77932 32.2848 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=49664 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=49664 Cultural and religious leaders in Acholi want government to setup a truth and reconciliation commission to foster peaceful coexistence between victims and perpetrators of the Lord’s Resistance Army insurgency.]]> Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:45:33 +0300 2.77932 32.2848 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=51299 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=51299 UPDF deputy spokesperson Major Robert Ngabirano, affirms that the decision was communicated to the force and that arrangements are in place to re-deploy the 2000 armed men back to their original areas.]]> Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:00:03 +0300 0.314269 32.5729 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=51287 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=51287 A move by the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces to pull troops out of Central African Republic is being protested by non-government organizations back in Kampala.]]> Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:21:23 +0300 0.314269 32.5729 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=50619 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=50619 The former abductees who are mostly single mothers, used to live on handouts from NGOs, which have since ceased to operate in northern Uganda following the end of the war.]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:00:29 +0300 2.77932 32.2848 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=49941 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=49941 “Come back home,” a radio program famed for helping more than 20,000 people to return from the bush during the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) insurgency in northern Uganda has been revived.]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:51:42 +0300 2.77932 32.2848 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=49192 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=49192 The elusive leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebel group, Joseph Kony has been reported in southern Darfur, Sudan, according to the Uganda People’s Defence Forces –UPDF – intelligence reports. ]]> Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:06:52 +0300 0.314269 32.5729 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=47541 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=47541 Odong Geoffrey Ojibu, the officer in charge of protocol in Gulu District Human Rights Promotion and Protection Committee, says the event will be used to re-echo appeals for peace and unconditional release of children fighters under the command of Kony abducted from northern Uganda.]]> Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:55:41 +0300 2.77932 32.2848 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44970 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44970 John Komakech Ogwok, the manager of the museum, attributes the lack of interest from Ugandan researchers to ignorance of its existence. He says foreign researchers get access to the museum through the website, which the locals do not visit.]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:23:53 +0300 3.29787 32.8823 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=45331 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=45331 The Regional Civil Society Taskforce has called for a change in strategy for the force that is hunting down the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony and other rebel commanders. Martin Ojara Mapinduzi, Gulu chairperson, says the experience they have with LRA indicates that they usually brutalize civilians whenever they are attacked by the army.]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:44:05 +0300 2.77932 32.2848 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=45217 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=45217 The delegation that comprises political, religious and cultural leaders arrived on Tuesday in Bangui, the Capital of Central African Republic, to commiserate with the people there over the atrocities committed by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels.]]> Thu, 06 Sep 2012 11:09:45 +0300 2.77932 32.2848 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44097 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=44097 The scene of the deadly 1995 massacre in Atiak, Amuru district, has been turned into a tourist destination.]]> Mon, 30 Jul 2012 18:22:57 +0300 2.77932 32.2848 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=42585 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=42585 He was captured recently by the Uganda People Defense Forces-UPDF as he was crossing from the Democratic Republic of Congo into Central African Republic. ]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 16:02:21 +0300 2.77932 32.2848 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=42571 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=42571 Two of the deceased have been identified as 6-year-old Frank Seruwagi and 12-year-old Karim Lubwama both residents of Kiiya village in Butuntumula sub county.]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 11:19:38 +0300 0.833333 32.5 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=42038 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=42038 President Yoweri Museveni says the renewed support that the government of Sudan is allegedly giving to Joseph Kony, the elusive Lord’s Resistance Army-LRA rebel leader, will make it easier for the regional forces to capture him.]]> Wed, 02 May 2012 14:30:36 +0300 2.77932 32.2848 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=40316 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=40316 Two senior officials of Lira Municipal council have been suspended for alleged abuse of office. The duo Jimmy Okao, head of Lira Municipal Council Procurement Unit and Paga Quirino, the principal health inspector was suspended on Monday.]]> Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:19:59 +0300 2.24569 32.8962 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=38981 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=38981 David Olok, a driver attached to Mount Meru Millers in Lira town is accusing police of torture. ]]> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:15:50 +0300 2.24569 32.8962 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=37973 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=37973 Last week, the U.S. sent a team of 100 American Special Forces to the Ugandan capital Kampala to support the regional army in the fight against the LRA.]]> Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:08:02 +0300 6.61111 20.9394 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=37836 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=37836 America's National Public Radio says that Advocacy groups say this is a case where military intervention is needed, and it comes at a time when the LRA has been weakened and is estimated to have only a few hundred active fighters. ]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:02:23 +0300 38.8951 -77.0364 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=36639 http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=36639 Laroo Division in Gulu municipality has suspended plans to open new roads this financial year because of lack of money. Moses Abonga, Laroo Division LC III chairman yesterday announced the decision to suspend the road works]]> Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:12:28 +0300 2.77932 32.2848