January 14, 2026

Thailand Cambodia Border Dispute Tests Fragile Ceasefire

Thailand Cambodia Border Dispute Tests Fragile Ceasefire

January 14, 2026 4:55 am

Cambodia’s foreign minister has accused Thailand’s military of continuing to occupy civilian areas inside Cambodian territory, warning that the situation could undermine a fragile ceasefire reached after deadly border clashes last year.

Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn said Thai forces have fortified several locations along the disputed frontier using barbed wire and shipping containers, preventing thousands of Cambodian families from returning home.

“The Thai military is still occupying territories well inside Cambodia,” Prak Sokhonn said, naming at least four border sites where incursions are alleged. He added that while conditions remain calm for now, the risk of renewed tension remains …

Uganda Election Internet Shutdown Sparks Rights Concerns

Uganda Election Internet Shutdown Sparks Rights Concerns

January 14, 2026 4:38 am

Ugandan authorities shut down nationwide internet access and restricted mobile services on Tuesday, just two days before a national election that will see President Yoweri Museveni seek a seventh term after nearly four decades in power.

The move, ordered by the Uganda Communications Commission, took effect at 6 p.m. local time and affected public internet connections across the country, according to a letter sent to mobile operators and internet service providers and seen by Reuters.

In the directive, the regulator said the shutdown was intended to prevent “misinformation, disinformation, electoral fraud and related risks” during what it described as a …

Reuters/Benin Citizenship Program Invites Diaspora To Reclaim Roots

Benin Citizenship Program Invites Diaspora To Reclaim Roots

January 14, 2026 4:29 am

Benin has begun granting citizenship to people of African descent whose ancestors were enslaved and taken across the Atlantic, a move aimed at reconnecting the diaspora with one of the most significant departure points of the transatlantic slave trade.

Among the first to be naturalised is Isaline Attelly, a 28 year old content creator originally from the Caribbean island of Martinique. Attelly had been living in Benin for nearly a year when genealogical research confirmed that her great grandmother was born in what is now Benin before being trafficked during the height of the slave trade.

The discovery led Attelly …

AI & Health: Who Controls the Cure?—Part 3

AI & Health: Who Controls the Cure?—Part 3

January 14, 2026 1:50 am

The Black Box Clinic

How Opacity in AI Systems Collapses Transparency, Accountability, and Trust.

By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze

When Medicine Stops Explaining Itself

Modern medicine is built on explanation. Diagnosis requires justification, treatment demands rationale, and consent presupposes understanding. Yet AI-assisted healthcare increasingly operates in direct violation of this epistemic foundation. Across hospitals, decision-support systems now issue recommendations that cannot be meaningfully interrogated by clinicians, patients, or regulators. These systems work—but they do not explain.

London (2019) describes this as the central ethical rupture of AI in medicine: accuracy has been prioritized over intelligibility. High-performing models deliver predictions without reasons, …

TRENDING

Breaking

𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬, 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤, is a nonpartisan online news portal founded on the truth to provide you with weekly, insightful articles written with precision and current updates on current events from Africa in particular and the rest of the world in general. All of our reports undergo extensive fact-checking to ensure their veracity, and we adhere strictly to the facts, no matter whose ox is gored.

follow on social media

Facebook Twitter Youtube Telegram Linkedin

subscribe to newsletter

© 2018 - 2020 Africa digital news, New York
Powered by

People and Polity