The West Nile Region comprises of 9 unique districts with a diversity in history, people, and culture. Click the links to learn more about the individual districts.
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MOYO. Moyo district local government has signed an MOU with the ministry of gender, labor and social development to implement SAGE.
MOYO. Days after the Ministry of Health declared Yellow Fever outbreak in Moyo, 15 more suspected cases have been reported in the district.
MOYO.A total of 20 South Sudan Refugees have been remanded to Celili Government Prison in Moyo district over various offenses.
ZOMBO/MOYO. The Zombo district COVID-19 tasked force with the help of the Army on Sunday took at least 28 residents of Paidha town council into quarantine after they crossed to Angola market in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
MOYO. The residents of Moyo district have lived with plenty of bamboo for generations but their ideas of utilising such a precious resource have been rudimentary.
MOYO. A new finding by Moyo district health department has revealed that 50 percent of the children in the district under 5 years of age are stunted.
MOYO. A total 95 disadvantaged youth in Moyo district have graduated in different fields after completing 6 months non formal vocational training at the various vocational training instituteS and apprenticeship centers.
MOYO. The bodies of the three people who drowned in river Nile between Sinyanya landing site in Adjumani and Obongi in Moyo district last Sunday have all been retrieved.
MOYO. Teachers of Alibabito primary school (PS) in Aliba Sub County, Moyo district have expressed anger to the authority of Aliba Sub County and the school administration for allowing them to share toilets with their pupils.
MOYO. Anger and frustration flared among Moyo district small business operators on Thursday when they met to discuss the unreliable and intermittent power supply in the region.
MOYO. Angry bodaboda motorcyclists on Saturday afternoon set ablaze a tipper lorry which knocked dead one of their colleague and attempted to lynch family members of the suspected driver.
MOYO. An angry youth on Sunday confiscated and dispersed workers who were felling Mvule trees in Obongi town council claiming they were bought cheaply.
The Arapi village is located 22km Northeast of Moyo town at the border with South Sudan. But this remote village has got something famous.
MOYO. The Archbishop of Gulu Archdiocese His Grace John Baptist Odama has spoken strongly against what he said is ‘time wastage’ in fighting for personal gains by politicians in his province.
MOYO. The Archbishop of Gulu Archdiocese, His Grace John Baptist Odama has warned the people of West Nile and other parts of Uganda against fighting over land, saying the act leads to bloodshed.
MOYO: The Ugandan Chief of Defence Forces Gen David Muhoozi has revealed that the force intents to recruit locals into a local vigilante group that will work with the army to control incursions along the Uganda-South Sudan border.
MOYO. The Arua Catholic diocese Bishop, Rt. Rev. Sabino Ocan Odoki has ordained six deacons to priesthood with one seminarian to deacon during a colourful function held at Moyo vicariate parish in Moyo district on Saturday.
MOYO. Moyo district leaders have called for sensitization and empowerment of the local community on the significance of village loan and savings association (VLSA) schemes that have led to rampant cases of domestic violence in the district.
MOYO. The Archbishop of Gulu Archdiocese, His Grace John Baptist Odama has appealed to all leaders in West Nile and beyond to put aside.....
MOYO. Moyo district Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Mr. Alex Chilimu has attributed the persistent poor form of results registered by students in national examinations to use of social media by the teachers.
MOYO. The Moyo district Assistant Chief Administrative Officer (ACAO), Mr. Geoffrey Vuchiri has directed all district leaders to enforce the existing by-laws on health and sanitation in all villages in the district.
MOYO. The public accounts committee of local government in Moyo district has warned the office of chief administrative officer against undermining the authority of the committee by failing to turn up for committee meetings despite being invited.
YUMBE/MOYO. The continuous cattle raiding and abduction along Uganda- South Sudan border is said to be fuelling conflict and insecurity between the two neighbours.
MOYO. Centenary bank in partnership with European Union (EU) have embarked on training and empowering women, youth, village loan and savings associations (VLSA), on financial related skills.
MOYO. Chief Kanyaba Lukeri II, the Cultural Chief of Metu Oru Chiefdom in Metu Sub County, Moyo district has accused politicians of engineering the rampant cases of land conflict in the district.
MOYO/ADJUMANI. About shs5.8billionworth of projects have been launched in in Moyo and Adjumani districts with a call on district authorities against diverting the money for what it's not intended for.
MOYO. The youth in Moyo district have petitioned the district council over the multimillion youth livelihood program (YLP).
MOYO. The speaker of Moyo district council Mr Martin Chaiga has directed the clerk to council not to authorize the names of councillors who have absconded council meeting without apologies..
MOYO. Moyo district councilors have accused the district budget committee of failing to consider paying their welfare which has accumulated for over eight years.
MOYO. The Grade One Magistrate’s court in Moyo on Thursday dismissed a case of malicious damage to property against Mr Ceaser Chandiga, the Elederea parish councillor in Moyo town council, Moyo district.
Listed in the Third schedule of the constitution as one of the minority tribes, the Gimara are Bari speaking people according to Hajj Sebi Longa, 73, an oral historian in Moyo district.
MOYO. Moyo district education officer (DEO), Mr. Michael Male has blamed the high rate of school dropout and low completion rate in the district on curriculum overload.
MOYO. Moyo district chairman Mr Williams Anyama has declined to hand over his official vehicle to the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) to coordinate COVID-19 related activities.
MOYO. The Executive Director of the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) Ms Judy Obitre Gama has warned the local council one (LCI) chairpersons and other.......
MOYO: The state minister for primary health care Dr Joyce Moriku Kanducu has appealed to young people to use adolescent friendly health care facilities and youth friendly connors at health units aimed at promoting adolescent sexual reproductive health and rights.
MOYO. The State Minister of Health in charge of Primary Health Care Dr Joyce Moriku Kaduchu has asked the residents of Moyo district to desist from the social and cultural practice of shaking hands.
MOYO. The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party secretary general (SG) has encouraged party members in Moyo and Obongi districts to embrace the ongoing membership registration and update exercise in preparation for 2021 general elections.
MOYO. Erepi primary teachers' college in Moyo district has partnered with Stromme foundation international.
MOYO. The food and agriculture organization (FAO) has launched a multimillion project aimed at fighting food insecurity among refugees and their host communities in Moyo district.
MOYO. A senior researcher at Abi zonal agricultural research centre in Arua has urged farmers in Moyo district to embrace animal traction so as to increase crop production.
MOYO. Local leaders of Moyo district have warned farmers against sale of heifers received under the operation wealth creation (OWC) program.
MOYO. A 25-years-old resident of Maduga village in Gimara sub-county, Obongi district is being admitted at Moyo general hospital following an attack on River Nile.
MOYO. Five police officers attached to Moyo Central Police Station (CPS) in North Western Uganda have been arrested for alleged neglect of duty.
ADJUMANI. A large mass of a floating island has grounded ferry service connecting Adjumani and Moyo district on the Albert Nile.
MOYO: It was August 2013 when Moyo district got heavily pummelled by rains that rendered 51.7km of roads inaccessible, 33 culverts and a major bridge on river Amua washed away.
MOYO. A total of four villages in Moyo district have petitioned the office of the district Returning Officer over cases of irregularities during the local council one (LCI) elections held on Tuesday.
MOYO. The first deputy prime minister Gen Moses Ali has warned the local communities of Dufile and Itula sub-counties in Moyo and Obongi districts against the misuse of government facilities.
MOYO. The Ministry of health under malaria control program has started the processes of distribution of treated insecticide mosquito nets to individuals at household level in Moyo district.
MOYO. President Yoweri Museveni has said government of Uganda will compensate locals in Moyo district who lost cattle to the hands of South Sudanese gunmen.
MOYO. President Yoweri Museveni has pledged that the government will take over the administration and management of Moyo School of nursing and midwifery.
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