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  "id": 364790,
  "title": "Libreville grapples with water shortage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/libreville-grapples-with-water-shortage",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-09T09:32:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/libreville-grapples-with-water-shortage"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Gabon’s capital, Libreville, has been facing severe water shortages for several months, driven by low rainfall, ageing infrastructure and rising demand from a growing population. The government declared a state of emergency earlier this month and called in military engineers for help. But a water distribution plan for affected neighbourhoods has failed to ease the crisis, after private 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."
}