{
  "id": 2962171,
  "title": "East African troops prepare for Gaza peacekeeping role in US-backed plan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/east-african-troops-prepare-for-gaza-peacekeeping-role-in-us-backed",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T06:14:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/africa/article/3365030/east-african-troops-prepare-gaza-peacekeeping-role-us-backed-plan"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Military officials from Uganda and Burundi visited Israel last week to discuss deploying troops to Gaza as part of an international security force envisioned by US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” for the fragile ceasefire, according to officials. An official with the board said that Ugandan officials had joined a Burundian military delegation and that Uganda was finalising details of…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}