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  "id": 16156283,
  "title": "The Map of Africa Is Being Redrawn. It’s a Trap.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/the-map-of-africa-is-being-redrawn-its-a-trap",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-23T05:00:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The New York Times",
    "slug": "the-new-york-times",
    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/opinion/africa-map-un-mercator.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "It’s been many years since the continent seemed more spectral, and its people more vulnerable, than it does now.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}