{
  "id": 12871507,
  "title": "African Union launches continent’s first credit rating agency to counter what it says is bias inflating borrowing costs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/african-union-launches-continents-first-credit-rating-agency-to",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-08T12:27:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais English",
    "slug": "el-pais-english",
    "url": "https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-10-08/african-union-launches-continents-first-credit-rating-agency-to-counter-what-it-says-is-bias-inflating-borrowing-costs.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The AfCRA aims to provide an alternative to the Big Three firms that dominate the market and which African leaders accuse of overstating the region’s risk",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}