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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...

UGANDA: How HIV-positive young women and girls have abandoned ARVs

Health experts in Mbarara City and other parts of western Uganda have expressed concern over the increasing number of  people living with HIV abandoning...

Africa’s Anti-LGBT+ Laws: A big setback in the fight against HIV/AIDS

Progressive voices across the world will have to double their efforts in countering the escalating threats to LGBT+ people in Africa amid wave of...

UGANDA’S NEW ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY ACT 2023: LGBTQIA+ Members Shun Health Facilities  

By Aaron Ainomugisha. Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights-SRHR experts in Uganda have expressed concern over LGBTQIA+ members shunning health facilities in the wake...

LOCAL AUTHORITIES DECRY SEVERAL CHALLENGES AS LEPROSY RAVAGES KASESE

Two minors aged three and five are among the 30 people who are on medication for leprosy in Kasese district western Uganda, as it...

FIGHTING POLIO: 3rd Round of Vaccination Targets Hotspots in Kenya

A polio vaccination campaign that was planned for November 2023 but postponed due to heavy rains and floods is finally taking place in three...

HOW UGANDAN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEER KHOI KHOI IS PROMOTING HEALTH INNOVATION

A Ugandan scientist identified as Sir Khoi Khoi has taken a step in promoting health innovation by inventing a language translation application named Khoinology,...