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• 31 Dec

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• AFRICA: Hundreds of people in northeast Nigeria who fled a town targeted by militants linked with Islamic State have sought refuge in capital of Borno state.
• AMERICAS: President Donald Trump said that he had a “long and very good call” with Chinese President Xi Jinping and that a possible trade deal between the United States and China was progressing well.

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• 30 Dec

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• AFRICA: Egyptian security forces killed 40 suspected militants in three separate incidents in North Sinai and Giza, a day after a deadly bombing on a Vietnamese tourist bus in Giza killed four people.
• AMERICAS: A Canadian teacher arrested in China for administrative reasons – a case officially unrelated to the ongoing diplomatic row between Beijing and Ottawa – has been freed.

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• 29 Dec

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• AFRICA: The Congolese government ordered the EU ambassador to leave the country within 48 hours, after the EU prolonged sanctions against the ruling party’s presidential candidate ahead of Sunday’s election.
• AMERICAS: President Trump is considering an executive order to bar US companies from using telecommunications equipment made by China’s Huawei and ZTE.