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        <title><![CDATA[Antony Sguazzin - Reporter]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Antony Sguazzin is a reporter for Bloomberg News based in Johannesburg, South Africa. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Treasury Threatens to Cut Johannesburg Funding]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 10:26:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan Offers Energy Loan, Ammonia Technology to South Africa]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 16:41:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[AI Hallucinations Put South African Ministers on the Spot]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:42:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[World Bank Teams Up With Amazon for a $120 Million Bacon Tree Bond]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:05:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Johannesburg Woes Deepen as Key Funder Rejects Loan Request]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-22/johannesburg-s-woes-deepen-as-key-funder-rejects-loan-request</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:06:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[France Is in Talks to Lend South Africa €100 Million for Cities]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:58:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Steel Needs Demand Not Belligerence, Regulator Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 05:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Biovac Wins EU, IFC Money to Build Biggest Africa Vaccine Plant]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-16/biovac-wins-eu-ifc-money-to-build-biggest-africa-vaccine-plant</link>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South Africa Arrests Benin Fugitive Connected to Coup Attempt]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:11:29 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Kémi Séba.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Doubling Down on Diamonds Is a Risky Bet for Botswana]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It’s still unclear where Botswana will get the money to buy De Beers.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-15/next-africa-botswana-keeps-other-bidders-guessing-for-anglo-s-de-beers</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:02:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Shark Nets Spark Furor at First Club Med South Africa Resort]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Derek Alberts]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[As De Beers Bid Deadline Looms, Botswana Pushes for Control]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-10/as-de-beers-bid-deadline-looms-botswana-pushes-for-control</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:30:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russia Steps Up its Courtship of Fragile African States]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Kremlin sends weapons, aid to Madagascar’s new military government.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Antony Sguazzin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:00:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Putin Secures Another Strategic Ally as Trump Focuses on Iran]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Russia is providing aid to the military leadership in Madagascar as it tries to broaden its footprint in Africa. ]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-08/putin-is-cozying-up-to-madagascar-s-military-leader-as-trump-gets-hostile</link>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 04:00:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[In Harare, One Foreign Elite Replaces Another]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Wealthy Chinese immigrants lured by mining are driving a real estate boom.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-07/wealthy-chinese-investors-are-snapping-up-property-in-zimbabwe</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Antony Sguazzin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:00:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[South African President to Receive US Envoy’s Credentials]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-06/s-africa-president-to-receive-us-ambassador-s-crdentials</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Antony Sguazzin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:09:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Congo Is Latest Country to Take Third Country Deportees From US]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-05/congo-is-latest-country-to-take-third-country-deportees-from-us</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Antony Sguazzin]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 13:55:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Congo Agrees to Take 3rd Country Deportees From US, Reuters Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 11:57:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What a Clean Cookstove Company’s Bankruptcy Means for Carbon Markets]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Prices on Corsia, a marketplace for airlines, have fallen in the months following Koko’s collapse.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-04-03/clean-cookstove-bankruptcy-roils-a-key-carbon-market</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura Millan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:55:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Madagascar Says It Foiled Plot to Assassinate the President]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Laperozy]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 06:30:50 GMT</pubDate>
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