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  "id": 3739930,
  "title": "Mauritania’s Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed elected new OIC secretary-general",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/mauritanias-ismail-ould-cheikh-ahmed-elected-new-oic-secretary-general",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T12:28:47.000Z",
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Foreign ministers of OIC member states have elected Mauritanian diplomat Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed as the organization’s new secretary-general, succeeding Hissein Brahim Taha.",
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        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "Mauritania's Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed elected OIC secretary general",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/mauritanias-ismail-ould-cheikh-ahmed-elected-oic-secretary-general",
        "published": "2026-08-27T13:48:18.000Z"
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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."
}