{
  "id": 795323,
  "title": "A continent recalculating; how Africa is filling the vacuum Washington left behind",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/a-continent-recalculating-how-africa-is-filling-the-vacuum-washington",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T17:52:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
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    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/a-continent-recalculating-how-africa-is-filling-the-vacuum-washington-left-behind/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "When the G20 leaders’ summit convened in Johannesburg last November, the empty chair reserved for the United States said more about the state of the international order than anything spoken from the podium. Washington had boycotted its own founding forum rather than sit under an African presidency it accused of hostility toward its own citizens. […]",
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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."
}