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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...

EU Keeps Escalating Against Russia as NATO Crumbles – How Africa Will Pay the Price

Aaron Ainomugisha.  Imagine you are a farmer in Senegal or a truck driver in Kenya. You have never been to Donbas. You do not...

Inside White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting

Credit Al Jazeera. Donald Trump has been rushed out of the White House correspondents’ dinner at a hotel in Washington, DC, after a gunman...

Inside the July session of 2026 UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development-HLPF

SDGs Knowledge Hub. The UN Secretariat has published the programme for the July session of the 2026 UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development...

Uganda expels 3rd French journalist during election period

By Reporters Without Borders-RSF.  RSF firmly condemns the series of expulsions targeting French journalists around Uganda’s presidential election, which saw the incumbent re-elected for...

FOCAC 2024: Chinese President Xi Jinping Calls for Deepening of China-Africa Cooperation to Modernize the Global South

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on China and Africa to deepen cooperation and spearhead modernization of the Global South. Delivering a keynote speech at...

FOCAC 2024: Can African Interests be Elevated Beyond the Africa-China Summit?

The Ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation-FOCAC, to be held in Beijing from September 4 to 6, takes place at a critical juncture. African economies...