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Topic: Adjumani


In the News (Mon 16 Nov 09)

  
  District Information Portal :: Adjumani District
Adjumani district health system was established after the creation of the district in 1997 following geographical barriers with Moyo district that had resulted into poor service health delivery.
Adjumani district is faced with high population per unit, while population per health personnel ratios are also high.
Adjumani district has a total of 80 primary schools of which 53 are government-aided and 27 are private-owned.
www.adjumani.go.ug   (386 words)

  
 Africa's heart nurtures one man's reality check - www.theage.com.au
When he reached Kampala, he made inquiries and learned she was in a refugee camp called Adjumani in the far north where Uganda borders the Congo and Sudan.
Adjumani has a population of 150,000, of whom 30,000 - many of them orphans - are students.
Adjumani is on the edge of rebel territory.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/09/28/1064687671207.html?from=storyrhs   (938 words)

  
 News
KB’s entourage crossed into Adjumani District where he addressed a gathering of about the same size at Dzaibi Sub County and received a bow and arrow, a white cock, and a key from the people.
Throughout Adjumani District Kizza Besigye thanked the people for their prayers and support during his time in jail and he thanked them for persevering against dictatorship.
KB asked the people of Adjumani and Yumbe to be vigilant and guard their votes in the forthcoming elections.
www.fdcuganda.org /pages/AdjumaniYumbe.html   (671 words)

  
 Adjumani
It made me remember leaving a comfortable home in Neutral Bay, with a daily view of the Harbour and its life and shipping, and going to Africa, to Adjumani which was considered the end of the world.
Adjumani was a rough 3-4 hours drive from there – when you could get through because of rain or rebels.
And the people of Neutral Bay thought I was mad, and the people of Adjumani thought we were all mad, and the refugees from the Sudan seemed glad.
users.senet.com.au /~nparish/stories/adjumni.htm   (342 words)

  
 Analysis: Uganda, Refugee Law Project Working Paper No. 19 - Invisibly Displaced Persons in Adjumani district, Uganda, ...
Insofar as the Juba peace talks between the LRA and the Government of Uganda (GoU) are ultimately successful, it is imperative that all affected districts, including Adjumani, are involved in reconstruction and reconciliation.
This report is based on field research conducted in Adjumani between 22 January and 6 February 2006 and on subsequent discussions with relevant stakeholders in Kampala.
The research was undertaken as part of a larger study funded by Oxfam N(O)VIB entitled Effective Protection of IDPs in Northern Uganda: Knowledge and Skills for Implementation of the IDP Policy and the Return of IDPs in Safety and Dignity.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HMYT-6TVPX9?OpenDocument   (436 words)

  
 MOYO DISTRICT FISHERIES CONDITIONS AND PROSPECTS
The river was then crossed by ferry and the onward journey completed to Adjumani, where the plane had been sent to pick up the team for the return trip to Entebbe Airport.
In Moyo and Adjumani towns, the two major markets for fish in the District, there is an extremely lively trade in both fresh and processed catches from the river.
The road from the landing leads on to Adjumani Town about 20 km distant, across a broad and flat plain where people are beginning to cultivate such crops as cassava and millet again, and to rebuild their houses.
www.fao.org /docrep/006/AD131E/AD131E01.htm   (4535 words)

  
 National Resistance Movement Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Chairman yesterday addressed a rally of thousands of his supporters at Paridi Stadium in Adjumani town and thanked the people of Adjumani district for their continued massive support that they have shown since 1986.
On the propaganda being spread by the opposition, the Chairman urged the people of Adjumani district not to let such characters retard their development because those detractors in the first place, aid Kony who brought the insecurity that forced the people in the region to go to Internally Displaced People's Camps (IDPCs).
Chairman pledged government's support for the new micro-finance projects that are being introduced in the district and the extension of electricity from Gulu to Adjumani.
www.nrm.ug /n59.php   (497 words)

  
 A true shepherd - Roanoke.com
In Adjumani there is a small town but there are also about 100,000 refugees that have fled the south taking cover from the government’s onslaught.
Adjumani takes the appearance of thousands of people who decided to go camping for the weekend but then, after forgetting their stuff, decided to stay for 10 years.
Eight months later all the arrangements had been made and I found myself again at the guest house in Adjumani waiting for a couple trucks of food to come and then be escorted across the border into Sudan.
www.roanoke.com /columnists/fuller/wb/5996   (1024 words)

  
 Sudanese Christians Attacked by the "Lord's Resistance Army"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Adjumani, Uganda - Sudanese Christian refugees living in the Maagi Refugee Camp in the Adjumani Resettlement area of Northern Uganda were attacked by 1200 members of the "Lord's Resistance Army" on Wednesday, July 17th.
More attacks on the Christian community in the refugee camps of Adjumani and Kiryandango are expected.
The U.S. office of Operation Nehemiah Missions received an urgent message from Michael Longwa, Field Director for Operation Nehemiah in Kampala this morning asking for assistance in raising emergency relief funds to assist with the displaced refugees.
www.worthynews.com /news-features-3/sudan-christians-lra.html   (333 words)

  
 ACT News Update: Uganda
Geneva, March 10, 2005—Suspected Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels attacked Adjumani District in northern Uganda last night, according to the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), a member of Action by Churches Together (ACT) International that is assisting internally displaced persons (IDPs) and Sudanese refugees in the area.
The head of the LWF program in Uganda, Craig Kippels, says initial reports are that six people were killed, 16 injured and an unknown number abducted.
LWF is assisting many of the estimated 20,000 IDPs in Adjumani District by providing access to clean water, access to farming tools and animals, food and food-preparation items, household supplies, educational supplies, and access to safe areas for sleeping.
act-intl.org /news/dt_nr_2005/upuganda0105.html   (455 words)

  
 The Sudan Human Rights Association (SHRA)
He settled at Adjumani but not long before the Lord Resistance Army intensified its activities in the area making his life unbearable again.
On one occasion she was beaten and tortured into unconsciousness and when she recovered she was assisted by her neighbors to flee to the Ugandan boarder.
But while in Adjumani camp, one of her sons who had sought asylum earlier was abducted from Ulua refugee settlement camp and killed instantly.
www.ned.org /grantees/shra/4-3-99/testimonies.html   (1167 words)

  
 MSF Access Website | The Campaign | Target Diseases | Sleeping Sickness   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In northern Uganda, MSF began fighting the disease in Moyo district in 1986.
In Adjumani, around 250,000 people have been tested and close to 5000 treated.
Over the past few years, MSF has handed over its activities to the local health staff, but still ensures the drug supply and monitors the evolution and treatment of the disease.
www.accessmed-msf.org /campaign/slp01.shtm   (947 words)

  
 The New Vision Online: Uganda's leading newspaper
I wish to congratulate Adjumani District for volunteering to host this year's celebrations and I would also like to thank her neighbouring Districts of Arua, Moyo, Yumbe, Nebbi and Gulu which are here present, for giving her support in commemorating this day.
I congratulate Adjumani District for having volunteered to host this important event this year.
Once again, I thank Adjumani District Administrators, the Members of Parliament of this area, the District Chairman, the Resident District Commissioner, the Chief Administrative Officer, all Councillors and Local Councillors for a job well done.
www.enteruganda.com /brochures/ministryofagrichome.htm   (1618 words)

  
 Uganda NICS Articles
On 8 July 2002, LRA rebels attacked Maaji refugee settlement in Adjumani district, resulting in the killing of a soldier and refugees and the burning of houses.
The RNIS has not received any recent nutritional information on refugees but their condition is not deemed to be critical as a result of the improved physical security situation in many areas and the generally good food security seen in the country.
The situation remains unstable in the West Nile Region in the districts of Arua, Adjumani and Moyo.
www.unsystem.org /scn/Publications/RNIS/countries/uganda_all.htm   (19911 words)

  
 Global Missiology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
One of the primary reasons for settling in Adjumani was the short trip to Sudan.
Drake Wiri is a Sudanese living in exile here in Adjumani and is helping us out.
In Attiak we will pick up a Ugandan Army escort to near the border and from there we will be joined by Sudanese Peoples Liberation Army personnel until we cross the border at Nimule.
www.globalmissiology.org /english/docs_html/reports/reports_africa.html   (424 words)

  
 AEGiS-NV: UN to feed Adjumani patients
THE UN food agency (WFP) programme to feed HIV/AIDS patients in Adjumani district has been launched.
Moses Ali, launched the Food for Health programme on Thursday at celebrations to mark World AIDS Day at Adjumani Hospital.
Ali praised WFP for the support to patients with insufficient food in their homes.
www.aegis.com /news/nv/2005/NV051214.html   (436 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Africa | Jailbreak during storm in Uganda
More than 55 prisoners have escaped from a jail in the north-west of Uganda in Adjumani during a storm on Sunday, prison officials have confirmed.
Senior assistant commissioner for Uganda's prisons, Mary Kaddu, says one reason for the recent escapes may be that many accused of capital offences have been waiting for a long time to go on trial.
"For the last three years the High Court has not sat [in Adjumani] and there is a shortage of judges," she told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/4806132.stm   (246 words)

  
 afrol News - Thousands fleeing rebel attacks in Uganda
Representatives of UNHCR, the World Food Programme (WFP), and the Ugandan government were travelling to the affected area over the weekend to assess the situation in the important refugee-hosting Adjumani district, located at the Sudanese border.
Over the last three months, the UN agency has recorded 25 rebel attacks in Adjumani and Moyo districts, in which groups of seven to 25 people entered villages and refugee settlements mainly to steal food and medicine.
Many of the refugees are said to be going northwards to other refugee settlements closer to the Sudanese border and into neighbouring Moyo district in the east.
www.afrol.com /printable_article/12113   (618 words)

  
 New Vision Online : Adjumani bars closed over toilets
OVER 60 restaurants, malwa (local brew) drinking places and shops in Adjumani town council have been closed due to lack of toilets.
The town clerk, Samuel Lagu, said the measure was taken to stop the spread of cholera that killed at least three people in two sub-counties neighbouring the town council last week.
The source, however, said hygiene in the town and affected sub-counties had improved.
www.newvision.co.ug /D/8/16/511976   (152 words)

  
 The Sudan Human Rights Association (SHRA)
The Headmaster of the school, Rev. Father Robert Aliunzi has appealed to the entire community to devise ways of ensuring that the Hostel is given adequate protection.
In another incident on 3rd May 1998 a gunman went to Umia Refugee Settlement camp in Adjumani and shot at a woman (names withheld) who was brewing alcohol.
Following this incident, the Chapel which was meant for the service of refugees has now been transferred to Adjumani town, 10 km away from the refugee camp.
www.ned.org /grantees/shra/3-4-98/attacks.html   (542 words)

  
 Uganda-CAN » LRA Rebels Open Fire on Disco in Adjumani, Kill Three
LRA Rebels Open Fire on Disco in Adjumani, Kill Three
News24 in South Africa reports that at least three people were killed and 12 seriously wounded when Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels stormed a crowded discotheque in northern Uganda at the weekend and opened fire on dancers with automatic weapons, the army said on Monday.
A group of about 15 heavily armed attackers burst into the dance hall near the town of Adjumani near the Sudanese border early on Sunday morning and began indiscriminately spraying bullets, said Lieutenant Chris Magezi, the army spokesperson for northern Uganda.
www.ugandacan.org /item/825/catid/1   (285 words)

  
 MSF-USA: 2001 Activity Report - Uganda
Other MSF staff continued programs focusing on sleeping sickness, kala azar, and HIV/AIDS, three of the major health threats facing the country, and provided basic and maternal medical care to residents and displaced people in some areas.
In the northern Ugandan districts of Arua, Moyo, and Adjumani, MSF works to control sleeping sickness through early detection and treatment of sufferers, all in an effort to reduce the prevalence of the disease in this area.
In and around the town of Bundi Bugyo, MSF continues to take care of malnourished children, provide basic medical care, and treat endemic diseases such as malaria.
www.doctorswithoutborders.org /publications/ar/i2001/uganda.cfm   (410 words)

  
 Sudanese Refugees - Uganda - Sudan - Worldpress.org
It’s dusk at the Robidire refugee settlement outside the northern Ugandan town of Adjumani, and Michael Ochiti’s three little children have just finished their only meal of the day.
Ochiti and his family used to live at the Ma’aji settlement not far away, but they were forced to move to Robidire in 2002 after rebels from the notorious Ugandan rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) attacked their camp, looted their food, and burned down their houses.
When they get to the health center, the queues are so long some have to wait for hours to see a doctor.
www.worldpress.org /Africa/1851.cfm   (1589 words)

  
 The Next American City
The families were waiting for transport to a reception center where they would be registered and sorted to refugee settlements in the Moyo and Adjumani districts.
Many of the people living in Moyo and Adjumani, main cities in Northern Uganda, are refugees from the war in southern Sudan.
One man in Adjumani said that when he has a problem, he tells his elected camp chairman, who then travels to tell the Adjumani commandant, who chooses whether to take action or to relay the message to a humanitarian organization, to UNHCR, or to the central government.
www.americancity.org /article.php?id_article=36   (1846 words)

  
 Chuch & Evangelistic Missions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Since 1993, we have seen what God can do in the business of restoring lives in the Sudan and the refugee camps in Uganda and Kenya.
We conducted three major evangelistic out reaches in Adjumani Refuge camp in Adjumani, over 17 thousand people attended and 3000 people were saved and rededicated their lives to Jesus.
In Kiriadongo refugee camp, we held evangelistic crusade where over 10,000 people attended the and conference and over 600 people saved and dedicated their lives to Jesus.
www.operationsnehemiah.org /church.htm   (819 words)

  
 Adjumani District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Like other Ugandan districts, it is named after its 'chief town', Adjumani.
The district lies on the southern bank of the White Nile, just before it flows into Sudan.
This page was last modified 17:06, 22 September 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Adjumani_District   (104 words)

  
 HUAJ - Adjumani, UG - Airport - Great Circle Mapper
HUAJ - Adjumani, UG - Airport - Great Circle Mapper
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