{
  "id": 1495026,
  "title": "China deleted 12,000 degrees. Africa is still awarding them",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/china-deleted-12-000-degrees-africa-is-still-awarding-them",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T14:17:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BusinessDay Nigeria",
    "slug": "businessday-nigeria",
    "url": "https://businessday.ng/opinion/article/china-deleted-12000-degrees-africa-is-still-awarding-them/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Somewhere in Johannesburg, Lagos, or Nairobi tonight, a graduate is folding a certificate into a drawer and walking out to read more China deleted 12,000 degrees. Africa is still awarding them",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}