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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...

INSIDE EAST AFRICA’S PRODUCTIVE USE OF OFF-GRID SOLAR

This explainer is produced as part of African Centre for Media Excellence-ACME’s two-year project, implemented in partnership with the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, to...

COP28: Environmentalists want Uganda’s governance issues highlighted

Environmentalists under the National Association of Professional Environmentalists-NAPE want the Ugandan delegation to highlight issues that relate to governance during the 2023 United Nations...

130 PEOPLE KILLED BY FLOODS IN ETHIOPIA, KENYA AND SOMALIA

CLIMATE CHANGE IN AFRICA. At least 130 people have died and services disrupted in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia following heavy rains this week,...

CAN AFRICAN FARMERS EFFECTIVELY MANAGE PLASTIC WASTE?

African farmers have been challenged to embrace different efforts through climate action to effectively manage plastic waste, as the continent and the world at...

NEMA & RWAMPARA DISTRICT LG START 2-WEEK WETLAND RESTORATION PROGRAMME

The National Environment Management Authority-NEMA southwestern Uganda office together with Rwampara district Local Government have started a 2-week wetland restoration programme. This programme or operation...

FIGHTING PLASTIC POLLUTION: Women environmental defenders launch grassroots campaign

BY Aaron Ainomugisha, RISE NEWS UGANDA NETWORK, western Uganda. Women Environmental Defenders in western Uganda have launched a grassroots campaign to fight the escalating...