{
  "id": 7514420,
  "title": "Africa must strengthen public financial systems – Minister of Foreign Affairs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/africa-must-strengthen-public-financial-systems-minister-of-foreign",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T08:33:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghanaian Times",
    "slug": "ghanaian-times",
    "url": "https://ghanaiantimes.com.gh/africa-must-strengthen-public-financial-systems-minister-of-foreign-affairs/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has urged African countries to move beyond the adoption of international public sector accounting standards and build strong financial systems that promote transparency, accountability and public trust. He said accounting standards alone could not guarantee transparency and accountability, stressing that they needed to be supported by ……",
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      {
        "outlet": "Ghanaian Times",
        "title": "Ablakwa urges Africa to strengthen public financial systems",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/ablakwa-urges-africa-to-strengthen-public-financial-systems",
        "published": "2026-09-15T07:15:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Nation Africa",
        "title": "Ex-envoy Martin Kimani lands senior UN job on Africa affairs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/ex-envoy-martin-kimani-lands-senior-un-job-on-africa-affairs",
        "published": "2026-09-15T07:51:32.000Z"
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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."
}