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            <title><![CDATA[Ghana Inflation Snaps Months of Decline on Iran War Impact]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ghana’s E&P Wins Bid for Damang Mine After Gold Fields Exit]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 06:23:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ghana Inflation Cools Again Despite Iran War-Hit to Fuel]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:14:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Russian Fuel Cargo Shows Ghana’s Resilience to War Supply Shock]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:11:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ghana Will Only Let Locally Owned Firms Buy Gold Fields Mine]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:10:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ghana Approves Lithium Project That Will Ship Mineral to US]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yinka Ibukun]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:18:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ghana Rate Cut Still Expected Despite Iran War]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ghana’s Loan Repayment Delays Threaten Cocoa Bean Purchases]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ekow Dontoh]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 13:31:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ghana Inflation Boosts Rate-Cut Hopes as War Clouds Outlook]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:19:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ghana Seeks Talks With Russia as 55 Citizens Killed in Ukraine]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:22:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cocoa’s Boom and Bust Is Rewriting Long-Held Rules of the Market]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ghana to Overhaul Domestic Cocoa Pricing as Futures Plunge]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ekow Dontoh]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:07:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ghana Holds Emergency Meeting on Cocoa as Futures Plunge]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ekow Dontoh]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:48:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ghana Inflation at Three-Decade Low Puts Rate Cut on Table]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 10:27:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ghana’s Former Vice President Gets Party’s Nod for 2028 Polls]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 23:14:03 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ghana Cuts Key Rate to 2022 Low as Inflation Seen in Target]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:03:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Africa Rate Decisions Set to Begin With Few Cuts Seen, Many on Hold]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ghana Weighs Cutting Cocoa Farmers’ Pay After Futures Plunge]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ekow Dontoh]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 15:11:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ghana Plans $935 Million Debut Domestic Infrastructure Bond Sale]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2026 05:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ghana, Bondholders Reach Restructuring Deal for Guaranteed Debt]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ekow Dontoh]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 14:03:22 GMT</pubDate>
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