{
  "id": 1716768,
  "title": "Dr Kingsley Agyemang speaks to BBC, calls for dedicated fund to tackle Africa’s flood risk",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/dr-kingsley-agyemang-speaks-to-bbc-calls-for-dedicated-fund-to-tackle",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T09:45:18.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/dr-kingsley-agyemang-speaks-to-bbc-calls-for-dedicated-fund-to-tackle-africas-flood-risk/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Dr Kingsley Agyemang, has called on African governments to establish dedicated and legally protected disaster risk management funds to help countries prepare for and respond to increasingly devastating floods. Speaking in an interview with the BBC’s Focus on Africa, Dr Agyemang said African governments must move away from […]",
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        "outlet": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
        "title": "Kingsley Agyemang calls for legally protected fund to tackle Africa’s flood risk",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/kingsley-agyemang-calls-for-legally-protected-fund-to-tackle-africas",
        "published": "2026-08-18T19:16:23.000Z"
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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."
}