A toxic cocktail of long trekking distances to schools, alarming dropout rates, low literacy levels, deep-rooted cultural practices, and an acute shortage of early learning facilities is crippling the ...

AMUDAT – A Toyota TownAce carrying eight Kenyan nationals caught fire along the Amudat–Alakas border road on April 25, 2026, leaving one woman hospitalised with burn injuries and merchandise worth an ...

In the heart of Karamoja, young voices are rising with courage and conviction. For too long, harmful traditions have silenced girls and limited their futures. Now, the youth are speaking out, ...

As the sun rises and the nurses enter the ward, the children whimper. When the trolley approaches their beds, they begin to wail. Each morning in Amudat, a town in eastern Uganda, those in the local ...

The ongoing national census in Amudat District has been marred by multiple anomalies, raising concerns over the accuracy of the exercise. Several areas have been left out or partially covered, ...

John Eligon is the Johannesburg bureau chief for The New York Times. As far as beauty goes, Cape Town is nothing short of spectacular: a city built on the Atlantic Ocean, around a mountain, allowing ...

Joint security Forces have recovered a white sack containing 751 live Ammunition abandoned in the bush in Amudat District. The bag was recovered on Tuesday afternoon in Aukunyo village in Amudat town ...

Along the desolate 70 kilometres stretch of the road between Amudat Town Council, the seat of Amudat District Local Government, and Karita Town Council in Pokot County at the southern extremities of ...

Samuel Lokeno Petaa, 27, and his wife Milcah Cheyech, 26, of Naronit village, Loborokocha parish, Loroo sub-county in Amudat district are living proof of the adage: Two brains are always better than ...

Tragedy befell the 18-year-old girl when she was tricked into going home to purportedly check on her sick mother. Upon reaching home, she was grabbed and forcefully married off. The girl who was fully ...

Child fetches unsafe water from nearby well. Amudat, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 20,000 residents of Amudat town council in Amudat district are facing acute water shortage after major wells ...

A Turkana girl collects water from the river bed in Lokiriama seasonal river last week (photo by Steven Ariong) More than 20,000 residents of Amudat town council and Amudat sub county in Amudat ...