{
  "id": 16428845,
  "title": "Africa must stop depending on foreign funding for peace – Mahama",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/africa-must-stop-depending-on-foreign-funding-for-peace-mahama",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-25T03:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "GBC Ghana",
    "slug": "gbc-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.gbcghanaonline.com/general/africa-must-stop-depending-on-foreign-funding-for-peace-mahama/2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "President Mahama has called on African countries to increase domestic funding for peace operations, warning that dependence on external financing leaves the continent vulnerable to decisions taken by foreign governments. He cited the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia, which he said requires approximately 150 million dollars annually, against less than 20 million […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Mahama urges Africa to finance its own peace operations, curb illicit financial flows",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/mahama-urges-africa-to-finance-its-own-peace-operations-curb-illicit",
        "published": "2026-10-24T16:24:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Africa is not an empty chessboard for foreign powers – Mahama",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/africa-is-not-an-empty-chessboard-for-foreign-powers-mahama",
        "published": "2026-10-24T19:43:49.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}