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            <title><![CDATA[Congo Plans Reforms to Boost Income Amid Cash Shortage]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 13:29:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gabon’s New Premier Vows to Honor Debt Commitments, Weighs Reforms]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:01:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Congo Republic Leader Secures Fourth Term in Landslide Vote Win]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:35:14 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Congo Republic Leader Set to Extend Rule as Economy Slumps]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2021 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Congo Republic Offers $182 Million of Bonds to Help Repay Debt]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Elie Smith]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:14:36 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A photo shows a general view of the Mindouli railway station in the Pool region south of Congo-Brazzaville on July 23, 2019. - The railway traffic have been suspended and then deeply affected by the armed conflict which plagued the region between 2016 and 2017. (Photo by SAMIR TOUNSI / AFP) (Photo by SAMIR TOUNSI/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Congo Republic to Get 100,0000 Doses of Covid Vaccine From China]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 14:16:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pastor, Ex-Ministers to Run for President in Republic of Congo]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2021 11:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Interim President of the Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development (MCDDI) Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas addresses his supporters in Brazzaville on March 17, 2016 ahead of Sunday&apos;s Presidential elections. / AFP / MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Rebel Attack Heightens Risk of War in Russia’s African Ally]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 07:34:38 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Soldiers of the Territorial Intervention Brigade 6 (BIT6) of the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) patrol 1km from the front line, in Boali, on January 10, 2021. (Photo by FLORENT VERGNES / AFP) (Photo by FLORENT VERGNES/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Central African Republic Leader Wins Vote; Rivals Cry Foul]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2021 07:17:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Republic of Congo Cancels Iron-Ore Project With Australian Miner]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Elie Smith]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2020 12:30:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Congo Republic Plans to Settle Domestic Debt Ahead of 2021 Vote]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2020 07:37:51 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso attends a press conference on March 3, 2015 following a conference on Ebola held at the Egmont palace in Brussels. AFP PHOTO / THIERRY CHARLIER (Photo credit should read THIERRY CHARLIER/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Power Plant Expansion Boosts Congo Republic’s Electricity Supply]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2020 13:31:03 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Electrical power lines hang from transmission pylons near to the Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. Lethabo coal-fired power station in Vereeniging, South Africa, on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. Eskom, South Africa’s biggest polluter, said emissions of particulate matter that cause chronic respiratory disease are at their highest level in two decades as the state power utility’s financial meltdown has seen it skip maintenance and has triggered strikes.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Central African Republic’s Ousted Leader Bozize Back From Exile]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Dec 2019 15:54:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ailing President Leaves Gabon Wondering Who’s Running the Show]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2019 12:41:05 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Ali Bongo Ondimba, Gabon&apos;s president, speaks during an interview in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, April 20, 2016. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China Agrees Congo Republic-Debt Restructure, Minister Says]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2019 16:47:37 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Thierry Moungalla, Congolese Minister of the Communications, Government Spokesperson and spokesperson of the electoral campaign of incumbent president sits in the campaign&apos;s headquarters during an interview in Brazzaville, on March 21, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / MARCO LONGARI / The erroneous mention appearing in the metadata of this photo by Eduardo Soteras has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [Thierry Moungalla ] instead of [Lambert Mende ]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention from all your online services and delete it from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.        (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Congo Republic Enlists Strauss-Kahn’s Help While Seeking IMF Bailout]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2019 10:50:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gabon Government Says It Quashed Coup by Army Mutineers]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2019 10:46:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gabon Military Seizes State Broadcaster in Coup Attempt]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2019 07:15:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Missing President Threatens Power Struggle in Oil-Rich Gabon]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2018 10:05:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[IMF Wants Assurances on Debt Restructuring Before Congo Bailout]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2018 13:04:37 GMT</pubDate>
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