{
  "id": 19478794,
  "title": "Africa: Ghana waste dump poses health, environmental 'crisis'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/africa-ghana-waste-dump-poses-health-environmental-crisis",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-11T09:46:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/africa-ghana-waste-dump-poses-health-environmental-crisis"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "An acrid haze hung over a sprawling dump in Ghana's capital, Accra, as excavators gouged into mounds of smouldering rubbish. Thin plumes of black smoke curled from burning plastic and rubber, mingling with the rank odour of stagnant lagoon water.",
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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."
}