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        <title><![CDATA[Judd Devermont - Dir:Africa Program]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Judd Devermont is the director of the Africa program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and an adviser to African investment platforms.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Student Visa Plan Will Hurt Africa — and the U.S.]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Educating the continent’s future leaders has been a secret weapon in the fight for geopolitical power]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2020 16:00:46 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>As the U.S. shuts the door to more African students, China is laying out the welcome mat</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Africa’s Cities Are About to Boom – and Maybe Explode]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The West seems unaware that Africa’s future is urban. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2019 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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