{
  "id": 17008758,
  "title": "Putin woos African leaders, says Russia a better partner than ‘colonial’ West",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/putin-woos-african-leaders-says-russia-a-better-partner-than-colonial",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T02:18:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
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    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/putin-woos-african-leaders-says-russia-a-better-partner-than-colonial-west/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "President Vladimir Putin told African leaders on Wednesday that Russia was their best partner, accusing what he cast as a colonial West of still trying to exploit the continent's resources and using debt to hold back development.",
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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."
}