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  "id": 3749369,
  "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-3749369",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T13:48:18.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "summary": "Mauritanian diplomat Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed was elected secretary general of the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation on Thursday, succeeding Hussein Ibrahim Taha of Chad as head of the 57-member organisation. Foreign ministers from OIC member states elected Mr Ahmed during a meeting in Jeddah. Mr Ahmed, 65, spent more than three decades working with the UN and the Mauritanian government. He…",
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        "title": "Mauritania’s Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed elected new OIC secretary-general",
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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",
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