News in brief...
May 15, 2007
<b>Radio station launched </b><br><br>PADER-A radio station was opened on Friday to serve the north and South Sudan. Radio Pa-Lwak was started by the Uganda Australian Foundation based at Awere sub-county.
Radio station launched
PADER-A radio station was opened on Friday to serve the north and South Sudan. Radio Pa-Lwak was started by the Uganda Australian Foundation based at Awere sub-county. The group director, Francis Odida, said the radius of coverage is at least 100 miles (about 150km). He added that the station would be commissioned by President Yoweri Museveni at the end of the month. Odida said the equipment was donated by the governments of Iceland Denmark and Australia.
IDPs to receive relief items
GULU-Displaced persons in the north will receive relief items collected by a group of Ugandans in the United Kingdom. In a statement on Wednesday, the Samaritans UK group leader, David Topacho, said the items would arrive at the end of May. He added that they were touched by the plight of the displaced persons.
PADER-A radio station was opened on Friday to serve the north and South Sudan. Radio Pa-Lwak was started by the Uganda Australian Foundation based at Awere sub-county. The group director, Francis Odida, said the radius of coverage is at least 100 miles (about 150km). He added that the station would be commissioned by President Yoweri Museveni at the end of the month. Odida said the equipment was donated by the governments of Iceland Denmark and Australia.
IDPs to receive relief items
GULU-Displaced persons in the north will receive relief items collected by a group of Ugandans in the United Kingdom. In a statement on Wednesday, the Samaritans UK group leader, David Topacho, said the items would arrive at the end of May. He added that they were touched by the plight of the displaced persons.