ERLIN | Xinhua | A video on social platform X, purportedly showing Israeli soldiers weeping behind a wall, drew more than 1.6 million views before investigators found it was generated using artificial intelligence (AI). The incident highlights how AI advances are making it increasingly difficult to distinguish between real and …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Dr. Lina Zedriga, Acting President of the Opposition National Unity Platform (NUP), has shared her experience of arrest and torture while in security detention after the 2026 general election. Speaking to Journalist at NUP offices at Makerere Kavule, Dr. Lina Zedriga, 64, said was abducted …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Results of a new study released on Tuesday indicate that health workers in maternity wards are not consistently practicing proper hand hygiene, putting mothers at risk of maternal infections, technically known as ‘sepsis’. Sepsis remains among the top three causes of maternal deaths in Uganda. In a …

WASHINGTON, the United States | XINHUA | Nearly three weeks into the war with Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump has found himself squeezed between three different sources of pressure: political allies, business leaders and even his own MAGA (“Make America Great Again”) base — each with its own expectations and …

OPINION | LEONIDAS HITIMANA | Today, Saturday, March 21, 2026, is the International Day of Forests (IDF), established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012, to observe and recognize the role of forests in our lives. This year’s theme “Forests and Economies”, highlights the importance of forests not only as …

Kotido, Uganda | URN | Rising migration of Karimojong residents to neighbouring districts in search of food and casual labour has prompted authorities in Kotido District to introduce strict security measures, including checkpoints along major exit routes. The measures follow the recent repatriation of at least 275 migrants from Agago District, …

CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | In a matter of days, a string of high-profile killings has torn through Iran’s senior ranks, claiming the lives of Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, and Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib, among others. The wave of targeted strikes raises urgent questions about …

New census monograph highlights regional disparities, school access gaps, and rising risks prompting calls for targeted policy action Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Fresh data from the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) is sharpening the country’s understanding of child vulnerability, revealing both the scale of orphanhood and the systemic …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Mulago National Referral Hospital is struggling to dismantle a predatory web of extortionists who have infiltrated the facility, posing as medical staff to fleece desperate patients and their families. On a quiet Wednesday evening in the Acute Children’s Emergency Ward, a woman known as “Dr. …

NEWS ANALYSIS | AHMED SALLAM | When discussing the escalation currently taking place in the Middle East as a result of the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, we must return to the period following the end of World War II. At that time, Washington presented itself to the region as the …