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  "id": 14393911,
  "title": "As US pursues mine deals, Xi warns African resources are not tools for ‘rivalry’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/as-us-pursues-mine-deals-xi-warns-african-resources-are-not-tools-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T07:24:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3370847/us-pursues-mine-deals-xi-warns-african-resources-are-not-tools-rivalry"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Chinese President Xi Jinping warned that Africa’s resources should not be used as a tool for geopolitical rivalry, as the United States steps up efforts to secure critical minerals on a continent where Chinese companies have major mining interests. “Africa’s resources belong to Africa,” Xi told Botswana’s President Duma Boko in Beijing on Tuesday, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua. He…",
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        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "As US pursues mine deals, Xi warns African resources are not tools for ‘rivalry’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/as-us-pursues-mine-deals-xi-warns-african-resources-are-not-tools-for-14395352",
        "published": "2026-10-14T07:24:49.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "African cocoa farmers face possible exclusion from EU market, group warns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/african-cocoa-farmers-face-possible-exclusion-from-eu-market-group",
        "published": "2026-10-14T08:42:55.000Z"
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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."
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