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  "id": 3308877,
  "title": "Africa must define and build its own future - Veep Opoku-Agyemang tells African leaders",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/africa-must-define-and-build-its-own-future-veep-opoku-agyemang-tells",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T17:03:04.000Z",
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  "summary": "Prof. Opoku-Agyemang said the continent’s development challenges could not be explained simply by a lack of policies, plans, resources or human potential.",
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