The Acholi and Langi ethnic groups were particular objects of Amin's political persecution because they had supported Obote and made up a large part of the army.
In 2011, she began using the name Holly Elissa Lamaro (sometimes rendered Lamaro Holly Elissa as in the Acholi tradition) after elders of the Ugandan Acholi people honoured her with the name Lamaro, which means "having a love for people, a love for humanity".
Historically, the inhabitants of Magwi County are ethnic Acholi; they constitute the largest significant ethnic Acholi community outside of the Acholi sub-region in Northern Uganda.
Opari was the district administrative headquarters for the regions inhabited by the Lotuko (Otuho), Madi and Acholi ethnic groups.
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