{
  "id": 15701169,
  "title": "The new scramble for Africa (1): The minerals are African; the power is somewhere else",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/the-new-scramble-for-africa-1-the-minerals-are-african-the-power-is",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-20T03:37:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BusinessDay Nigeria",
    "slug": "businessday-nigeria",
    "url": "https://businessday.ng/columnist/article/the-new-scramble-for-africa-1-the-minerals-are-african-the-power-is-somewhere-else/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Beneath the red earth of the Democratic Republic of the Congo lie minerals indispensable to the modern industrial world. Thousands",
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      {
        "outlet": "Ghana Business News",
        "title": "African leaders call for greater local processing of minerals",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/african-leaders-call-for-greater-local-processing-of-minerals",
        "published": "2026-10-19T14:18:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Mahama urges African countries to focus on minerals processing locally",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/mahama-urges-african-countries-to-focus-on-minerals-processing-locally",
        "published": "2026-10-20T04:22:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}