Kenya’s President Joins Pope Francis in Calling for “urgent end to violence” Globally, Highlights Sudan, DR Congo

In his address at the G7 summit that brings together government leaders from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, and Italy, President Ruto said Africa continues to endure numerous conflicts, including long-forgotten wars that have results in the loss of countless human lives.

“In Sudan, hundreds of thousands have died, millions are displaced and face starvation. In the Middle East, the conflict in Gaza has claimed tens of thousands of lives, devastated the livelihoods of millions, and caused global economic shockwaves,” the Kenyan head of state said.

He continued, “Europe is grappling with a major conflict that has brought unthinkable carnage and widespread economic disruption.”

President Ruto said the world is “finding itself in the grip of relentless global challenges of unprecedented magnitude.”

“Only effective collective action by the international community can offer a reasonable chance of managing and overcoming these challenges,” the Kenyan President, who had an audience with Pope Francis on June 14 said.

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In his address during the summit, Pope Francis warned against allowing artificial intelligence (AI) replace human decision-making.

“Faced with the marvels of machines, which seem to know how to choose independently, we should be very clear that decision-making, even when we are confronted with its sometimes dramatic and urgent aspects, must always be left to the human person,” he said in front of world leaders June 14.

Pope Francis further warned, “We would condemn humanity to a future without hope if we took away people’s ability to make decisions about themselves and their lives by dooming them to depend on the choices of machines.”

“We need to ensure and safeguard a space for proper human control over the choices made by artificial intelligence programs: human dignity itself depends on it,” he emphasized.

Jude Atemanke is a Cameroonian journalist with a passion for Catholic Church communication. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the University of Buea in Cameroon. Currently, Jude serves as a journalist for ACI Africa.