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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 COMMUNICATION COMMISSION SHUTS DOWN 11 RADIO STATIONS

The Uganda Communications Commission-UCC has ordered the shutdown of 11 radio stations across the country for operating illegally. The UCC ED, Hon. Nyombi Thembo...

Ugandan Journalists Should Be Patriotic – Ambassador Dickson Ogwang 

Aaron Ainomugisha. Uganda has increasingly become a priority for foreign investors, superpowers and other foreign players undertaking different projects due to different favorable diplomatic...

UMEME CITED IN KABALE JOURNALISTS’ & SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS’ ARREST AS LOCALS PLAN TO ‘MARCH TO UMEME’ 

Police in Kabale municipality western Uganda have been accused by media rights activists for conniving with UMEME to arrest a group of journalists and...

PROMOTING QUALITY & IMPACTFUL JOURNALISM: Uganda National Journalism Awards 2024 winners

CREDIT – The African Centre for Media-Excellence-ACME.  The winners of the Uganda National Journalism Awards 2024 were announced at a colourful gala held at...

SHRINKING PRESS FREEDOM IN UGANDA: JOURNALISTS DICKSON MUBIRU AND ALIRABAKI SSENGOBA FURTHUR REMANDED

SHRINKING PRESS FREEDOM IN UGANDA. Buganda road court has further remanded two journalists, Dickson Mubiru and Alirabaki Ssengooba to Luzira prison until July 9,...

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange freed in US plea deal

After a years-long legal saga, Wikileaks says that founder Julian Assange has left the UK after reaching a deal with US authorities, for him...