Balancing Innovation and Ethics: Experts Urge Uganda to Regulate AI Before It’s Too Late
By Sheila Hossana Muhindo Uganda is being urged to swiftly enact laws to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) as experts warn of its potential risks to...
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Digital Technologies Take Center Stage at COP29 as Key to Fighting Climate Crisis, but Challenges Loom
By Alex Baluku Baku, Azerbaijan – On Saturday, during the COP29 climate conference, global leaders gathered to endorse a declaration pledging to harness digital technology...
New Malaria Treatment Shows Promise for Young Children, Meeting Key Milestone in Clinical Trial
Phase 2b trial results indicate ganaplacide-lumefantrine combination is safe and effective, paving way for next-generation malaria treatment...
AFRICA’S MELTING SNOWS: Climate change impacts culture, livelihoods and health in western Uganda as the Mountains of the Moon glaciers disappear
BY ALEX BALUKU Mr. Selevest Kule Walyuba is a resident of Nganji village, Kilembe sub-county in the western district of Kasese in Uganda. Walyuba’s sub-county...
Uganda’s Resilience in the Face of Climate Change: A Call for Urgent Action
BY FREDRICK T. MUSIMENTA In recent years, Uganda has faced escalating challenges arising from the devastating impacts of climate change. Governments worldwide have woken up...
Journalists from Nile Basin Countries Enhance Science Communication Skills for Accurate Reporting on the Nile River
BY ALEX BALUKU Kirehe District, Rwanda – The 8th Nile Journalists Media Training, organized by the Nile Equatorial Lakes Subsidiary Action Program (NELSAP) under the...
Kasese Climate Change Conference Gears Up to Tackle Urgent Climate Challenges Ahead of COP28
BY ALEX BALUKU Kasese, Uganda – The organizers of the Kasese People’s Climate Change Conference are working tirelessly to prepare for an upcoming event aimed...
African Governments Inactive, Worsening Climate Change-induced Food Insecurity
BY NJENGA HAKEENAH–Climate Journalist from Nairobi, Kenya With 60% of Liberians living along the coast, any changes to the sea level will affect this...
Researcher calls for protection of Charismatic Nubian Flapshell Turtles
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU Once considered extinct, Africa’s largest soft-shell turtle known as the Nubian Flapshell turtle has made an unexpected comeback in river Nile sections...
HISTORIC: Uganda kicks off Oil drilling Today
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and many other government officials will today gather to witness the commencement of drilling works for the Kingfisher oil field at...