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.
Arua District is a district in the Northern Region of Uganda. Like many Ugandan districts, it too shares its name with its administrative center of Arua. The name Arua is said to be derived from the Lugbara name for prison (Arujo) and prisoner (Aru), since the white settlers had a detention center at Arua Hill.
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.
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.
Lugbara, or Lugbarati, is the language of the Lugbara people. It is spoken in the West Nile region in northwestern Uganda, as well as the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Orientale Province with a little extension to the South Sudan as the Zande or Azande people.
Ombaci, also Ombachi, is a neighborhood in Arua City in the Northern Region of Uganda.
Maracha District is a district in the West Nile sub-region, in the Northern Region of Uganda. It was formed in 2006 from Arua District.
Lugbara cuisine is one of the meals of East Africa and the ancient Lado Enclave. The Lugbara people of northwestern Uganda and northeastern DR Congo eat not only vegetable dishes, but also animals like goats, cows plus ope (guineafowls) and catch insects like onya for food which is called nyaka in the standard Lugbara language used in Arua. Cassava flour, sometimes mixed with millet or sorghum like posho or ugali, is the staple food and is called enya(sa) and accompanied with a range of soup dishes. Rice, yams, potatoes and matoke are also eaten. Below is a list of some of the Lugbara-styled delicacies found in West Nile Restaurants, Ariwara Town, Arua Park in Kampala and many homes or cafeterias that cherish traditional Lugbara cuisine.
Tara is a subcounty at the north-eastern end of Maracha District of Uganda. It is an area endowed with rocks and is neighboured in the Northwest by Koboko; to the Northeast by Yumbe; to the East by Omugo subcounty plus to the South by Nyadri. Other subcounties in Maracha include Yivu, Aiivu, Oleba, Uriama, Omugo and Nyadri.
Muni Village is located in Oluko Subcounty within Uganda's Arua District. It is found south of Arua Municipality and Barifa Forest through which a road connecting it to the main town passes. Visible from the top of Arua Hill, the village can also be reached from Ewuata on the Nebbi Highway. Notable places of interest in Muni include the National Teachers' College, several other establishments including TPO and Muni Girls School.
Mount Wati is one of the highest mountains in West Nile. It is located in Terego District, near the border with Maracha. The peak of Mount Wati also known as Eti is referred to as Ortega Peak. This followed a 28 February 2024 group hike. The Ranges next to it include the Offude Hills. Rebels used to hide there and monitor advancing government soldiers. It is also reported to harbour big snakes that use lights for trapping prey at night. Its elevation is approximately 1250 meters above sea level.
Lugbara music refers to music performed in Lugbara. It can be a folk song, musical proverb or modern pop music. The general term for music in Lugbara is ongo.
Evelyn Anite Kajik, commonly known as Evelyn Anite, is a Ugandan journalist and politician. She is the State Minister of Finance for Investment and Privatization in the Ugandan Cabinet since 6 June 2016. Previously, she served as State Minister for Youth. She was appointed to that position on 1 March 2015, replacing Ronald Kibuule, who was appointed State Minister for Water Resources. She also served as the elected Member of Parliament for Koboko Municipality, in the West Nile sub-region, in the Northern Region of Uganda, a position she occupied from 2011 until 2021. In the 2020 National Resistance Movement (NRM) primary elections, Anite lost to Dr Charles Ayume, the son of former speaker of the Ugandan Parliament, the late Francis Ayume.
Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement is a refugee camp located in the districts of Madi-Okollo and Terego District in North Western Uganda.
St. Joseph's College Ombaci is a boys-only boarding middle and high school located in Arua City in the Northern Region of Uganda.
Mvara Secondary School is a mixed, co-educational secondary school in Arua District in the Northern Region of Uganda.
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 and the current Local Council Five (LC) Chairman is Hon. Hajj Abib Khemis Buga.
The Arube uprising, also known as Arube mutiny and Arube Coup, was a military coup d'état attempt organized on 23–24 March 1974 by discontented elements of the Uganda Army to overthrow Ugandan President Idi Amin. Led by Brigadier Charles Arube, the coupists aimed not only for a government takeover, but also to remove many influential foreign-born soldiers from the Ugandan military. Although the rebels initially succeeded in capturing much of Uganda's capital Kampala, Arube was killed by Amin as he attempted to capture him, resulting in the gradual collapse of the coup. With the aid of loyal troops from outside the capital, the President was able to put down the coup after two days of heavy fighting.
Ruth Molly Lematia Ondoru is a Ugandan politician, lawyer and human rights activist who serves as a Member of Parliament of the Republic of Uganda and also Presidential Advisor on Family Affairs. Lematia has also legislated laws and policies in Uganda, she has as well involved in international and regional policy, on peace and economic development in her career.
