Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspected Karamojong warriors on Thursday attacked UBC Totore Radio Station in Moroto district and stole 36 cows. The armed warriors attacked the kraal that is established inside the compound of the radio station. The kraal that is being guarded by the security forces belongs to …
Read More »Karamojong warriors shot one dead in Agago
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel in Agago district have launched an investigation into the shooting of a farmer by suspected Karamojong warriors. Peter Ochieng, 24, was shot dead in his home in Lamwor village, Lapyem parish, Adilang town council on Sunday night. Bernard Adamson Olanya who reported the …
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Read More »AGAGO: Hundreds displaced by suspected Karamojong warriors
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 700 residents of Omiya Pachwa sub-county have pitched camp at the sub-county headquarters following attacks by suspected Karamojong warriors. James Opira, the LCIII Chairperson Omiya Pachwa sub-county says that the attacks have affected 250 people from the Anyagai, Coodong North, Lojim A, and …
Read More »Karamojong warriors kill UPDF soldier, steal gun
Nabilatuk, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security forces in Karamoja sub-region are hunting for suspected cattle rustlers who attacked UPDF soldiers in the bush, shooting one dead and making off with his gun in Nabilatuk district. The UPDF soldiers were attacked by suspected warriors from Matheniko on Tuesday evening at Lobunariye …
Read More »Joint security forces kill 465 Karamojong warriors, recover 413 guns in one year
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It is exactly one ever since Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU) launched forceful disarmament exercise against Karamojong warriors who have caused unrest in the area. President Yoweri Museveni ordered UPDF and ASTU to go onto offensive after efforts to persuade …
Read More »KARAMOJA: 291 guns recovered, 393 warriors killed
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The latest report compiled by Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU), shared to police headquarter, shows 291 guns have been recovered and 393 warriors killed so far in the ongoing forceful disarmament exercise in Karamoja sub-region. President Yoweri Museveni ordered the relaunch of offensive disarmament operations …
Read More »LDUs shoot dead athlete during his morning jog
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local Defence Units personel in Karamoja have shot dead an up coming long distance runner, claiming they mistook him for a cattle rustler running away from arrest during an ambush. Jorem Egwau aged 18 years was shot dead in the early morning of Saturday …
Read More »Karimojong warriors kill one, rob 20 Cows near Presidential State Lodge
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Karimojong cattle rusttlers have attacked a village near the Presidential state Lodge, killing one person and robbing 20 cows. The attack on Lominit village in Lomunio parish, Lotome sub county 3 kilometers to the President’s Lodge in Moru Linga left everyone wondering how daring …
Read More »Karamajong woman shot dead for ‘giving intelligence to UPDF’
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Karimojong warriors have shot and killed a woman who is suspected to have given intelligence information to Uganda Peoples Defence Forces Officers in Kaabong town council. The UPDF says that the woman, only identified as Zam Zam, a resident of Kitome Trading Centre in Lodiko …
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