NAIROBI, KENYA | Xinhua | Foreign visitors to Kenya will not be required to have a visa beginning January 2024, President William Ruto announced Tuesday during the celebration of Jamhuri Day, or Independence Day, held in Nairobi, the capital. Ruto said all foreign nationals will enter the county without a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In light of the ongoing holiday season, universities are cautioning parents and students about a surge in online short-course scams. With the popularity of online learning surging amid the COVID-19 pandemic, fraudulent schemes have emerged, targeting unsuspecting individuals. Scams have surfaced on Facebook and other …

By basic principle; if you reap massive profits by using others news content, you should pay for it COMMENT | HAARIS MATEEN, HARIS TABAKOVIC & PATRICK HOLDER | It’s the same story around the world. Faced with an avalanche of misinformation and disinformation online, declining trust in media and government, and …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five soldiers will appear before the field court martial at Pajimo Military barracks in Kitgum district today for torturing a suspected motorcycle thief. The five soldiers were arrested after they were found to have participated in flogging the suspected thief on camera. Jimmy Segawa Ebil, …

KHARTOUM, SUDAN | Xinhua | The United Nations (UN) on Wednesday called on all parties to the Sudan conflict to reach a humanitarian pause and to provide unfettered access to the country to avert a hunger catastrophe. “Parts of war-ravaged Sudan are at a high risk of slipping into catastrophic …

RAMALLAH,PALESTINE | Xinhua | Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Rula Maayah said Wednesday that Palestine’s tourism industry is expected to lose 200 million U.S. dollars by the end of the year under the impact of Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip. In a statement published by the official Palestinian news …

KAMPALA,UGANDA | Xinhua| Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has rallied the country’s citizens to embrace the 6th national population and housing census scheduled for May next year. Museveni launched the census in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, Tuesday when he said the exercise would help the government to plan better for …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) have reported the fatal shooting of two suspected rebels affiliated with the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) and the capture of their commander within the Kibale Forest National Park, located in Kamwenge district. Gen. Felix Kulayigye, the UPDF spokesperson, confirmed …

It reflects growing concerns over the ability of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to deceive and dehumanise COMMENT | ROGER J. KREUZ |  When Merriam-Webster announced that its word of the year for 2023 was “authentic,” it did so with over a month to go in the calendar year. Even then, the …

CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | Egypt concluded on Tuesday the three-day voting in the presidential election as the vote-counting process started immediately, according to the National Election Authority (NEA). The timetable previously released by the NEA indicated that the vote-counting, which started after 9:00 p.m. local time (1900 GMT) on …