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  "id": 9301498,
  "title": "West Africa steps up fight against cross-border crime",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/west-africa-steps-up-fight-against-cross-border-crime",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T08:24:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghanaian Times",
    "slug": "ghanaian-times",
    "url": "https://ghanaiantimes.com.gh/west-africa-steps-up-fight-against-cross-border-crime/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "West African countries must deepen cooperation and coordination to combat the growing threat of transnational organised crime and strengthen security across the sub-region, the Minister for the Interior, Mr Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has said. He said stronger collaboration was also needed to improve border management and ensure safe, orderly and regular migration across the sub-region. Mr … The…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Ghanaian Times",
        "title": "Secure borders, safer West Africa",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/secure-borders-safer-west-africa",
        "published": "2026-09-23T06:56:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "West Africa to scale education solutions for children affected by crises",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/west-africa-to-scale-education-solutions-for-children-affected-by",
        "published": "2026-09-23T08:48:37.000Z"
      }
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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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