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        <title><![CDATA[Jessica Loudis]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[I Tried to Get a German Driver’s License and Crashed Headlong Into Red Tape]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A complex, costly and convoluted driver licensing system mirrors the country’s broader struggles with overzealous regulation and box-ticking.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jessica Loudis]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:00:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Elites Cash in on Congo’s Identity Document Crisis]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2024 11:23:16 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Fishermen sort their equipment following a night fishing on Lake Kivu in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sunday, April 14, 2024. Rwandan meddling is deepening Congo&apos;s deadly conflict, which intensified in late 2021 and involves dozens of armed groups, long-running ethnic tensions and at least five national armies, has now reached a peak not seen in at least a decade. Photographer: Arlette Bashizi/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Airbnb Hosts Try to Evade City Regulations, From Copenhagen to Catalonia]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[As tourists flood back, cities have responded with a flurry of new rules on short-term rentals. But policing this housing sector remains a challenge. ]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Feargus O'Sullivan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 12:00:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nigeria's $11 Billion Lawsuit Begins With Accusations of Double-Dealing, Six-Figure Bribes]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A case that will influence the fate of Africa’s largest economy got off to a contentious start in a London courtroom ]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[William Clowes]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2023 05:00:21 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Warri, NIGERIA: A woman carries tapioca seeds next to a gas flare fire, 20 April 2007, near Warri. Nigeria&apos;s opposition parties said 19 April 2007 they will participate in Saturday&apos;s presidential election despite a boycott threat, but the spectre of political violence still hangs over the ballot. AFP PHOTO / LIONEL HEALING (Photo credit should read LIONEL HEALING/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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