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  "title": "At least 26 pupils die in fire at two schools in Congo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/at-least-26-pupils-die-in-fire-at-two-schools-in-congo",
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  "summary": "Bukavu: At least 26 schoolchildren have died in a fire in Bukavu, the Congolese provincial authorities said on Thursday, adding the full extent of the disaster is not yet known.“We...",
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        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Students among 17 killed as fire rips through school in Congo",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/students-among-17-killed-as-fire-rips-through-school-in-congo",
        "published": "2026-09-10T14:46:59.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "DR Congo stampede after school fire kills 14 children",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/dr-congo-stampede-after-school-fire-kills-14-children",
        "published": "2026-09-10T15:24:26.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "Fire in rebel-held east Congo kills 24 schoolchildren: Official",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/fire-in-rebel-held-east-congo-kills-24-schoolchildren-official",
        "published": "2026-09-10T17:13:09.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "More than a dozen children killed in fire in eastern DR Congo schools",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/more-than-a-dozen-children-killed-in-fire-in-eastern-dr-congo-schools",
        "published": "2026-09-10T17:45:19.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "At least 24 schoolchildren killed after fire engulfs schools in rebel-controlled Congo",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/at-least-24-schoolchildren-killed-after-fire-engulfs-schools-in-rebel",
        "published": "2026-09-10T17:49:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "GBC Ghana",
        "title": "At least 20 children feared dead in DR Congo school fire",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/at-least-20-children-feared-dead-in-dr-congo-school-fire",
        "published": "2026-09-10T18:02:19.000Z"
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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."
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