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No fewer than 18 people have been killed and dozens injured in fresh attacks in the Central African Republic, where dozens have died in a new flare-up in inter-ethnic violence, officials said Tuesday.

Police in India's remote northeast say that a rebel group has killed at least 27 people in four separate attacks in Assam state. An official at the police control room in state capital Gauhati says the victims of Tuesday's attacks were Adivasi or tribal settlers in the region, reports AP.

Israel's outgoing government is pumping millions of dollars into Jewish settlements in the West Bank for public buildings and roads ahead of national elections, an official said Tuesday, in what opponents view as a political ploy aimed at gaining favor with hard-line voters.

(Nigeria) Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on Nigerians to celebrate Christmas with renewed hope for a better Nigeria. He also urged them to promote peace during this season of joy and good tidings.

  (Nigeria) The presidential flag-bearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, says he has received N54 million from Nigerians in support of his campaign for the 2015 elections. Buhari, who disclosed this during a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday, added that his support groups had risen to 82 with membership in all regions of the country.

(Nigeria) Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has reinstated Professor Julius Ihonvbere as the Secretary to the State Government. The reinstatement follows the review and resolution of the issues which led to the resignation of the SSG on December 9, 2014.

No fewer than 60 journalists around the world were killed in 2014 while on the job or because of their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday, making the past three years the deadliest for journalists since the organisation began keeping track more than two decades ago, reports AP.