Adjumani District is a district in Northern Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Adjumani, where the district headquarters are located.
Nebbi District is a district in Northern Uganda. It is named after its main municipal, commercial and administrative centre, Nebbi, the location of the district headquarters.
Yumbe District is a district in Northern Region, Uganda. Like most other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Yumbe, where the district headquarters are located.
Arua is a city and commercial centre within the Arua District in the Northern Region of Uganda.
The Mà'dí are a Central Sudanic speaking people that live in Magwi County in Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan and the districts of Adjumani and Moyo in Uganda. From south to north, the area runs from Nimule, at the South Sudan Uganda border, to Nyolo River where the Ma’di mingle with the Acholi, the Bari, and the Lolubo. From the east to west, it runs from Parajok/Magwi to Uganda across the River Nile.
West Nile sub-region, previously known as West Nile Province and West Nile District, is a sub-region in north-western Uganda, in the Northern Region of Uganda.
The Lugbara are a Central Sudanic ethnic group who live primarily in the West Nile region of Uganda, in the adjoining area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with a few living in South Sudan. They speak the Lugbara language, a Central Sudanic language similar to the language spoken by the Madi, with whom they also share many cultural similarities.
Ma'di is a Central Sudanic language spoken in Uganda and South Sudan. It is one of the Moru–Madi languages. The Madi people refer to their language as Ma'di ti, literally "Ma'di mouth".
The Moru–Madi languages of the Central Sudanic language family are a cluster of closely related languages spoken in South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Uganda. Moru is spoken by 100,000 people, and Ma'di is spoken by twice that number. The most populous languages are Aringa of Uganda, with close to a million speakers, and Lugbara, with 1.6 million.
Bondo is a town in Uganda.
Okollo is a town in Arua District, northwestern Uganda.
Muni University (MU) is a public multi-campus university in Uganda. It is one of the public universities and degree-awarding institutions in the country, licensed and supervised by the Uganda National Council for Higher Education (UNCHE).
The Nyagak is a river of West Nile, Northern Uganda.
Martin Andi Drito is an economist, businessman, entrepreneur and politician in Uganda, the third-largest economy in the East African Community. He is the current managing director and chief executive officer of Drito Global Corporation Limited, a mining and logging company that he founded and owns. In 2007, he was reported to be one of the wealthiest individuals in Uganda.
Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement is a refugee camp located in the districts of Madi-Okollo and Terego District in North Western Uganda.
Pakwach District is a district in the Northern Region of Uganda. The town of Pakwach is the location of the district headquarters.
Obongi District is a district in Northern Uganda. It is a cosmopolitan district originally inhabited by the Gimara, Madi, Reli and the Aliba tribes. Overtime, many tribes including the lugbara,Alur,Rigbo and Kakwa immigrated in to the district. The district currently hosts a sizeable number of refugees from South Sudan.The district headquarters are located in Obongi town. It was carved out of Moyo District and its operations started on Monday 1 July 2019. The population is 49,100, divided over five subcounties of Palorinya, Gimara, Itula, Aliba, Ewafa and one town council. It stretches from Odraji in Palorinya Sub County upto Alibabito in Ewafa Sub County. It sends two MPs to the Parliament of Uganda who are Honorable Bhoka George Didi, the directly elected MP, and Maneno Zumura the Woman Member of Parliament
Terego is a district in Uganda's Northern Region. It is located approximately 360 kilometres (220 mi) northwest of Uganda's capital Kampala. The administrative centre of the district is the trading centre of Leju in Aii-Vu Sub-County. Terego District covers an area of 1,102 square kilometres (425 sq mi) and the areas now making up the district recorded a non-refugee population of 199,303 in the 2014 Ugandan census. Terego District also hosts an estimated 168,000 refugees, mostly from South Sudan, in the Imvepi Refugee Settlement and the western zones of the Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement in the district.
Joanne Aniku Okia is a Ugandan politician in the National Resistance Movement Party. She is the first woman member of parliament for Madi Okollo District and won the parliamentary seat unopposed in the 2021 Ugandan general election.
Bako Christine Abia is a Ugandan politician and she was the Arua District woman Member of Parliament in the eighth and ninth Parliament of Uganda. She belongs to the Forum for Democratic Change political party.
