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            <title><![CDATA[Rio, Angolan State Diamond Company Form Joint Venture for Mine]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 06:24:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pope Leo Speaks Out Against Exploitation of Africa’s Resources]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 17:17:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Angola Plans Diamond Output Boost to Offset Global Price Slump]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:53:13 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Angola Flooding Halts Traffic on Lobito Rail, Disrupting Exports]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:22:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oil-Rich Angola Keeps Key Rate at 17.5% as War in Iran Rages]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:24:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Angolan Oil Firm Sonangol Presses Ahead With IPO Despite Delays]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:46:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Angola Sees Oil Revenue Surpassed by Non-Oil Tax Take This Year]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:10:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Angolan Carrier Eyes Direct China Flights, Aims to Trim Losses]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 15:08:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Azule Makes 500 Million-Barrel Oil Find in Offshore Angola]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 12:38:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Angola Eyes $1.7 Billion Bond as Africa Issuer Pipeline Grows]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ray Ndlovu]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:37:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Angola Plans $1.4 Billion Debt-for-Health Swap in 2026]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Angola Delivers Biggest Rate Cut Since 2023, Inflation Eases]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:16:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Angola Gets $753 Million US, South Africa Loans for Lobito Rail]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 07:03:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Guinea-Bissau General Sworn in as Leader After Power Grab]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Katarina Hoije]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:58:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Angola Opens $4 Billion Plant to Process Standalone Gas Fields]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2025 11:44:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Guinea-Bissau Soldiers Seize Power Citing Plot to Rig Election]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Katarina Hoije]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:11:37 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Angola to Speed Up Mine Permits, Cut Red Tape to Lift Investment]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:32:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Shell Set to Invest $1 Billion in Angola’s Key Offshore Blocks]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2025 14:10:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Angola to Cut 2026 Budget by 1.7% to 33.2 Trillion Kwanza]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 19:24:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Citi in Talks With Angolan Bank to Offer Clearing Services]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Henrique Almeida]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 14:56:33 GMT</pubDate>
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