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news 11 October 2026

Gulu University Decries Police Inaction After Student's Fatal Attack

Gulu University has sharply criticized local security agencies for failing to protect students, following the brutal dawn murder of a second-year education student, John Bosco Ngire. The university administration points to persistent insecurity around campus hostels, exacerbated by what they deem negligence from law enforcement. Source: https://observer.ug/news/gulu-university-blames-police-after-student-is-killed-in-dawn-attack

Source: The Observer (Uganda)
  • gulu university
  • student murder
  • insecurity

Politics 11 October 2026

DRC Rebel Leader Lubanga Declares Ceasefire After Entebbe Talks with Museveni

Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, leader of the Convention for the Popular Revolution (CRP) in eastern DRC, has announced a ceasefire following a peace meeting in Entebbe with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Congolese officials. The move aims to build trust for resuming pre-dialogue processes. Source: https://observer.ug/news/drc-rebel-leader-lubanga-declares-ceasefire-after-meeting-museveni

Source: The Observer (Uganda)
  • DRC
  • Thomas Lubanga
  • Yoweri Museveni

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Gulu University has sharply criticized local security agencies for failing to protect students, following the brutal dawn murder of a second-year education student, John Bosco Ngire. The university administration points to persistent insecurity around campus hostels, exacerbated by what they deem negligence from law enforcement. Source: https://observer.ug/news/gulu-university-blames-police-after-student-is-killed-in-dawn-attack

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Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, leader of the Convention for the Popular Revolution (CRP) in eastern DRC, has announced a ceasefire following a peace meeting in Entebbe with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Congolese officials. The move aims to build trust for resuming pre-dialogue processes. Source: https://observer.ug/news/drc-rebel-leader-lubanga-declares-ceasefire-after-meeting-museveni

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City were playing for the first time since an ​independent commission found them guilty of 114. Source: https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/soccer/man-city-silence-hostile-anfield-with-3-0-win-over-liverpool-5628430

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Trump says Russia, Ukraine have agreed to an energy ceasefire. Source: https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/world/trump-announces-ukraine-energy-ceasefire-with-russia-surprising-zelenskiy-5628418