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Syrian and Lebanese wave and flash victory signs as convoys carrying wounded Syrian opposition fighters leave the Lebanese border crossing point of Masnaa on Monday, reports AP. More than 100 insurgents and their families crossed from Syria into Lebanon in buses and ambulances on Monday as part of a United Nations backed truce reached with the government that saw a separate group of Syrians from two insurgent-besieged Shiite villages crossed into Turkey.

The Algerian army killed a total of 109 "terrorists," the term used by the government for armed Islamist fighters, and arrested another 36 in 2015, a defence ministry toll published Monday said.

(Nigeria) The Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Monday distributed foodstuff to Christian Women Association, Kubwa Chapter, Abuja, as part of activities to mark this year Christmas.

(Nigeria) The residents of Calabar have cashed in on the final day of Carnival Calabar to make brisk businesses.

Latonya Jones, 19, holds a photo of her mother, Bettie Jones, during a vigil on Sunday, December 27, 2015, in Chicago. Jones and Quintonio LeGrier, 19, were killed early Saturday by police responding to a domestic disturbance on the city’s West Side, police said. Photo: AP Chicago police fatally shot a 19-year-old man and 55-year-old woman over the weekend, again putting a spotlight on one of the nation's largest police departments and raising questions about whether its officers are too quick to use deadly force.

(Nigeria) Boko Haram Islamic extremists struck in Maiduguri, Borno State for the first time in months Monday with rocket-propelled grenades and multiple suicide bombers, witnesses said. At least 30 people were killed and the death toll could go higher.

(Nigeria)A civil society organisation,  International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, has accused Nigerian army of waging war against Igbos returning home for the Christmas and new year celebrations at Onitsha bridge, Anambra State.