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Tanzania is urging countries in the African Continental Free Trade Area to collaborate in completing the key protocols and other important issues in relation to dispute resolution systems when doing business in Africa.
Daniel Kjio has more
Daniel Kijo reports.
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Nigeria's central bank says it has cleared the entire backlog of verified claims owed to foreign airlines whose payments were trapped in the country due to dollar shortage.
The International Air Transport Association, IATA, however says another $700 million of owed money remains in Nigerian banks.
Correspondent Ajeck Mangut reports.
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Uganda has suspended gold exports until issues relating to tax are resolved.
Gold dealers had previously protested an increase in levies arguing most of the gold exported from Uganda is simply brought into the country for processing and then re-exported.
Isabel Nakirya reports
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The Election Commission of Pakistan has convened, a high level meeting to tackle concerns over the law and order situation preceding the February 8th General Election.
There is a particular focus on addressing challenges in the provinces of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
Hira Mustafa reports from Islamabad.
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Indian Prime Minister Modi's party is set to bring in a contentious common civil law also known as the Uniform Civil Code in Himalayan region of Uttarakhand next week.
Officials say the law, which will apply across religions, will be replicated across other regions ruled by Mr Modi's party the BJP.
Framing a national common law has been a decades-old promise of the ruling BJP.
Priyata Brajabasi has more
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India's central bank has ordered Paytm Payments Bank - one of the leaders in the country's digital payments space - to halt a large part of its business.
Indian regulators cited persistent non-compliance.
Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai.
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Tens of thousands of people remain without steady access to water a month on from the deadly earthquake in Japan’s Noto Peninsula.
The tremor destroyed 44-thousand homes and killed more than 230 (238) people.
About 14-thousand remain evacuees as the region struggles to rebuild reliable access to essentials.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.
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Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter charges over the accidental death of cinematographer Halyna [HALEENA] Hutchins on the set of the movie Rust.
Prosecutors in the state of New Mexico recently refiled charges against the actor after the case fell apart last year.
Ira Spitzer reports.
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New York police officers will have to record the apparent race, gender and ages of most people they stop for questioning under a new city law.
Under the new legislation passed by the City Council, the NYPD will document basic information in low-level encounters.
Proponents say it will make policing more transparent, but police representatives say the new rules will lead to increased workloads and longer wait times for victims.
Sally Patterson reports.
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Donald Trump is meeting with one of America's biggest unions on Wednesday to try and get workers' to back his presidential bid.
The former US President is holding a roundtable with members of the Teamsters Union in Washington to discuss wages and union rights.
Sally Patterson has more.
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The head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, General Hossein Salami has said that the country is not "not looking for war" - appearing to signal it won't escalate tensions with the United States.
The announcement comes after Iran-linked militia, Kataib Hezbollah, which is suspected of carrying out a drone strike that killed three American soldiers, said it was suspending its assaults on US military installations.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue fighting in Gaza "until all goals are achieved" amid mounting international pressure to reach a deal to halt the conflict, and internal pressure to secure the release of the remaining hostages.
Sarah Coates reports from Tel Aviv.
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UK lawmakers have warned that 10,000 people could die a year from heat waves in the country if nothing is done to tackle the issue.
A new report by a parliamentary committee has called on the Government to act urgently, as average global temperatures soar.
Simon Gaitán reports.
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