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  "id": 13617306,
  "title": "Meth lab busts reveal Africa as a new frontier in global drug trade",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/meth-lab-busts-reveal-africa-as-a-new-frontier-in-global-drug-trade",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T02:00:34.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/africa/meth-lab-busts-reveal-africa-as-a-new-frontier-in-global-drug-trade/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Africa is emerging as a growing production base for the global meth trade, as criminal networks exploit weak enforcement and established smuggling routes.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "Researcher Paul-Simon Handy: 'Africa succeeded in correcting the map, it must now be able to reshape international institutions and its own place within the global system'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/researcher-paul-simon-handy-africa-succeeded-in-correcting-the-map-it",
        "published": "2026-10-11T00:58:20.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}