Boko Haram Takfiri militants have denied claims by the Nigerian government about a recent truce agreement that would facilitate the release of more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by the group.

In Ouagadougou, nearly one million people have taken to the streets on Tuesday, organizers of the rally have said. The march itself was peaceful. But clashes had erupted between protesters and security forces shortly before the marching, and again at mid-day.

Egyptian police have arrested 34 students following clashes at the country’s universities.

A court in Egypt has ordered prominent activist Alaa Abdel Fattah to return to jail after he was released on bail last month.

Human Rights Watch says the Boko Haram Takfiri militants have been using female abductees to achieve their tactical goals in their fight against the Nigerian government.

Cameroon says its army has killed nearly 40 Boko Haram Takfiri militants who conducted a series of attacks in the country’s northern region.

Boko Haram Takfiri militants have abducted dozens of people in northeastern Nigeria over the past two days, a local official says.

Polls have closed in Tunisia’s parliamentary elections, the first vote under a new constitution passed earlier this year.

Fresh heavy fighting between pro-government forces and militants has claimed the lives of nearly 30 people in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has roundly condemned the recent terrorist attacks targeting security personnel in Egypt’s restive Sinai Peninsula.

Botswana’s President Ian Khama has secured a second term in power after his political party, Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), won 33 of 57 parliament seats in national elections, according to initial results.

Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo party has won the Southeast African country’s presidential and legislative elections.

Tunisian security forces have killed six Takfiri terrorists who had taken a number of people hostage in a suburban house near the capital Tunis, Press TV reports.

The sister of Nigerian Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke has been kidnapped in the latest case of abductions targeting political families in the oil-rich African nation.

Seven Egyptian army troopers have lost their lives and six other were critically injured when an explosion ripped through their car in the Sinai Peninsula of the North African country.

A third United Nations employee has been killed by the deadly Ebola virus in the West African country of Sierra Leone.

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and his former deputy Riek Machar have signed a deal to end the hostilities that have left thousands of people dead in the African country.

The Egyptian government has tightened security at twelve leading universities across the country, following a rise in anti-government protests at the start of the academic year.

The Libyan army and its allied forces are preparing to mount an attack on the capital, Tripoli, and the northeastern city of Benghazi, the country’s prime minister says.

The deadly Ebola disease could become the "definitive humanitarian disaster of our generation", the charity organization Oxfam says.