Security leaders meet in Arua City to step up enforcement of charcoal ban in West Nile

Security leaders met in Arua City to strengthen enforcement of the presidential ban on commercial charcoal production and transport in northern Uganda, according to the Daily Monitor. West Nile police spokesperson Josephine Angucia said they pledged to work with forestry officers, prosecutors and courts. They resolved to stop roadside charcoal sales and to impound vehicles carrying charcoal commercially.