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Pope Leo XIV Says AI Doesn’t Undergo Experiences & Has No Moral Conscience

There’s plenty of discussion on whether current AI systems are conscious, and the Pope too has chimed in. Pope Leo XIV — the first American pope, a former mathematics major,...

REPORT: Police Top Human Rights Violation Complaints in 2025 

The Uganda Police Force has once again emerged as the leading institution in human rights violation complaints, according...

American doctor tests positive for Ebola in DR Congo outbreak

An American doctor working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has tested positive for Ebola amid the...

PLATINUM CREDIT EXPOSED! Court Fines It Sh11.6M,Bosses Face 10-Year Jail Term as Borrowers Decry Its ‘Dirty Deals’

Shockwaves are tearing through East Africa’s money lending industry after microfinance giant Platinum Credit was ordered to pay a Kenyan...

Hon Crispin Kaheru: Expectations in this kisanja “no more sleep for all Ugandans”

By Hon Crispin Kaheru - Member, Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC). What awaits H.E. President Yoweri Museveni in...

DR Congo’s Reliance on Charcoal threatens Forests and Fuels Armed Conflict

Elodie Toto - KANYARUCHINYA, Democratic Republic of Congo. Amid a circle of spectators, a troupe of performers takes center stage. Songs resound, accompanied by...

How Africa is facing disproportionate burden from climate change and adaptation costs

By World Meteorological Organization. Africa bears an increasingly heavy burden from climate change and disproportionately high costs for essential climate adaptation, according to a...

AFRICA: Can Green Technology Training Curb Unemployment?

Elias Ngalame. African climate stakeholders have called for more green technology training in specialized higher education institutions as a transformative opportunity to curb surging...

Is Uganda’s Kingfisher oil project bad for people, climate and the environment?

Mail $ Guardian / Brad Adams, the executive director of Climate Rights International.     From a distance, Ugandan anti-oil protests might not seem to...

KITEEZI LANDFILL TRAGEDY: EX-KCCA Directors Dorothy Kisaka, David Luyimbazi and Daniel Okello Sent to Luzira on 57 Charges

Kasangati Chief Magistrate's court has remanded former Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) bosses including executive director Dorothy Kisaka, her former deputy David Luyimbazi, and...

WHY ARE FLOODS STILL KILLING PEOPLE IN KASESE?

Western Uganda. The Saturday September 7, 2024 floods that hit parts of Kasese municipality have claimed two lives after River Nyamwamba burst its banks,...