Healthcare & Wellbeing: Victoria Jubilee Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica, opened the Carol Picart Courtyard—gardens, lounges and quiet spaces meant to help staff and patients rest and recover. Bollywood & Family Stories: Mumtaz revisits her early bond with Shammi Kapoor, including how the Kapoor family’s strict rules shaped her choices. Digital Safety for Kids: Child Online Africa urges the AU to protect children online with stronger safeguards and a “social media delay” (not a ban), arguing many African kids get exposed too early. Digital Skills for Growth: A call for Africa to treat digital skills, trade and payments as one connected economy—so young talent can build, secure and earn across borders. Uganda’s Cybersecurity Warning: Uganda Police forensics chief Andrew Mubiru says Africa must build “brick walls” around digitisation as cyberattacks cross borders. Public Health & Food Policy: Uganda’s ministry launches a nutrition profiling model to flag processed foods high in sugar, salt and unhealthy fats. National ID Chaos: Ugandans report long queues and confusion in the NIRA rollout, including cases where new cards can’t be read by systems in a World Bank agriculture project. Ebola Crisis (DRC): Ebola deaths in the DRC top 2,000 as cases surge fast, with calls for urgent scale-up and a vaccine race underway. Youth & Jobs: Youth across Africa decry insecurity and unemployment as major barriers, pushing for mentorship, financing and peace-building. Church & Leadership: Pauline Sisters’ formation leaders say Africa should anchor the future of the congregation, with more sisters from the Global South leading. Women’s Parliamentary Leadership: Auma Linda Agnes is elected UWOPA chairperson, ending months of uncertainty for Uganda’s women MPs caucus. Tourism Boost: Uganda Development Bank backs the Tusker Lite Rwenzori Marathon with UGX 20m, linking sport to culture and tourism.