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Nearly 560,000 Sudanese refugees enter Libya amid Sudan conflict: UN report
TRIPOLI, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Over 559,920 Sudanese refugees have entered Libya since the outbreak of the conflict in Sudan in April 2023, making it one of the largest displacement crises in the region in recent years, a recently-published UN report showed.
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Germany's ruling coalition at odds over reform push
BERLIN, April 21 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's coalition has been shaken by internal squabbling as it grapples with a long-promised package of reforms to the tax, pensions and health systems and looks for ways to dampen a surge in fuel prices caused by the Iran war.
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Feature: China's zero-tariff policy opens new opportunities for Cote d'Ivoire's rubber sector
ABIDJAN, April 21 (Xinhua) -- A light mist hangs over rubber plantations in southern Cote d'Ivoire in the early morning, as workers tap trees and collect milky latex flowing slowly down the trunks.
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Lebanon to recover every inch of land under "Israeli occupation" -- army commander
BEIRUT, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Lebanon is determined to "regain every inch of its land under Israeli occupation," Lebanese Army Commander Rodolphe Haykal said Tuesday during an inspection tour of military units in northern Lebanon.
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Roundup: Ghanaian students showcase talent to mark Int'l Chinese Language Day
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Senegal's leading fertilizer producer says raw materials secured ahead of Middle East conflict
DAKAR, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Industries Chimiques du Senegal (ICS), one of the largest producers of phosphate fertilizers in sub-Saharan Africa, said that anticipatory measures have been taken to secure all raw materials needed for production, despite disruptions in global fertilizer supply chains caused by the conflict in the Middle East.
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Kenya moves to cut transit time on key Northern Corridor trade route
NAIROBI, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Kenya on Tuesday announced major reforms to speed up cargo transit along the Northern Corridor, a vital trade route connecting the Port of Mombasa to landlocked nations in East and Central Africa.
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Chinese automakers expand footprint in Namibia as March vehicle sales jump
WINDHOEK, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese automakers are expanding their presence in Namibia, taking a larger share of the country's vehicle market in March as overall sales posted their strongest performance for the month since 2015, according to a report by private research firm Simonis Storm Securities.
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Kenya's 1.3-bln-USD annual exports at risk amid Middle East crisis: official
NAIROBI, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's annual exports worth 164.6 billion shillings (about 1.3 billion U.S. dollars) to the Middle East, one of its fastest-growing markets, are at risk due to escalating geopolitical tensions, a senior official warned Tuesday.
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Chinese business chamber criticizes EU decision under foreign subsidies rules
BRUSSELS, April 21 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese business chamber on Tuesday voiced its strong opposition to a European Commission decision to exclude a Chinese company from a public procurement project in Portugal, following a review under the bloc's Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR).
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US did not move defense system from Korea, general says
WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) - The United States did not move a key missile defense system from South Korea to the Middle East for the Iran war, the commander of U.S. forces in Korea said on Tuesday.
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Feature: China-aided rice cultivation, fish farming enrich rural livelihoods in Burkina Faso
OUAGADOUGOU, April 21 (Xinhua) -- In central Burkina Faso, a China-backed agricultural initiative is driving rural development through diversified farming.
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Zimbabwe expects maize surplus in 2025/26 season
HARARE, April 21 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe is expected to record a maize surplus in the 2025-2026 agricultural season, Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Zhemu Soda said on Tuesday.
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Barcelona coach Flick explains two wishes for remainder of his career
MADRID, April 21 (Xinhua) -- FC Barcelona coach Hansi Flick made his intentions clear on Tuesday, saying he wants to extend his contract with the club and win the Champions League.
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Nigeria charges six over alleged coup plot to overthrow Tinubu
ABUJA, April 21 (Reuters) - Nigeria's government filed 13 criminal charges against six former security officials accused of plotting the violent overthrow of President Bola Tinubu's government last year, court documents showed on Tuesday.
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Russia says Africa Corps has freed Russian and Ukrainian nationals abducted in West Africa
MOSCOW, April 21 (Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry said on Tuesday that two men, a Russian and a Ukrainian citizen, had been freed in a special operation in Mali after they were abducted in neighbouring Niger in 2024.
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Trump's $1.5 trillion defense budget includes $750 billion for ships, jets and Golden Dome
WASHINGTON, April 21 (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Tuesday unveiled more details of President Donald Trump's $1.5 trillion defense budget request for fiscal year 2027, by far the largest year-over-year increase in defense spending in the post-World War Two era.
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Sick American basketball player jailed in Indonesia over cannabis gummies pleads for early release
April 21 (Reuters) - Jarred Shaw's globe-trotting basketball career has taken him to 20 different teams across the world but a stint in Indonesia has resulted in the American languishing in jail with deteriorating health after falling foul of the country's notoriously tough anti-narcotics laws. The 35-year-old Texan admitted to importing 132 cannabis gummies but only to help relieve the symptoms of Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammation of the digestive tract which can be eased by Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) as well as steroids and immunosuppressants. While drug trafficking can be punishable by death in Indonesia, Shaw was last December found guilty of the lesser charge of possession and sentenced to 26 months in prison in Tangerang, the city where he had been playing for the Hawks club in the Indonesian Basketball League. The former Oklahoma State and Utah State forward told Reuters that incarceration had been disastrous for his health and is pleading for international pressure to be put on the Indonesian authorities to release him before he suffers permanent damage.
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Romanian PM says he'll lead minority government after leftist Social Democrats walk out
BUCHAREST, April 21 (Reuters) - Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan said on Tuesday he will lead a minority government to ensure that reforms needed to tap European Union funds are met, in comments a day after the leftist Social Democrats (PSD) - his coalition's biggest party - withdrew their support.
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At Senegal forum, Niger and Mali say neighbours sponsor terrorism
DIAMNIADIO, Senegal, April 21 (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of Niger and Mali have accused neighbouring countries of sponsoring terrorism, but said they were willing to cooperate on some matters with the West African regional bloc ECOWAS, from which they formally split last year.
