A second massacre in as many days on the Democratic Republic of Congo, has left at least 20 people dead, taking the toll to over 46.

Both massacres took place near the town of Beni, on the Ugandan border. Most of the victims were women and children, who were killed with guns, machetes and axes.

A 13-year-old boy was shot dead by Israeli troops in a village near Ramallah.

Bahaa Badr was shot on Thursday after Israeli soldiers conducted a raid in the village of Beit Liqya.

The Nigerian military has agreed a truce with militant group Boko Haram, under which terms the kidnapped school girls will be released.

Nigeria's chief of defence staff, Alex Badeh announced the deal on Friday afternoon.

Boko Haram captured vast swathes of land in Nigeria’s northeast in an offensive earlier this year, declaring a caliphate in the region, and was widely condemned for the kidnapping of over 200 school girls in April.

The leader of the Mombasa Republican Council, a separatist group based in southern Kenya, has been charged with holding an illegal gathering and planning to breach the peace.

Omar Mwamnuadzi was arrested with 11 other members of the MRC during a police raid on his home and denied the charges in a court appearance on Wednesday.

Groups searching for 43 missing students in Mexico say they have discovered 6 new mass graves.

At least two of the graves have human remains in them, according to civilians, who joined the search around Iguala, after bodies discovered previously were found not be those of the students.

If the discovery is confirmed, it would bring the number of mass graves found in the area since the students' disappearance to 19.

The students disappeared after clashes with local police, during which six people died. Eyewitnesses say the students were bundled into police vehicles.

"Over the last few days, including this morning through third parties, we expressed a wish to the students that we would like to start a dialogue to discuss universal suffrage as soon as we can and hopefully within the following week."

Turkey failed to win a seat at the United Nations Security Council, after member states voted for countries to fill the organisation’s non-permanent seats on Thursday.

The five non-permanent seats were awarded to Venezuela, Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand and Spain.

Turkey, which had been reportedly lobbying heavily amongst member states, lost to Spain in the third round run-off of voting.

The state-run Anadolu Agency reported Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu as saying,

“There may be some countries disturbed by our principled stance, and there have always been those, who, after some time, confess that Turkey’s position was right. So, we could not abandon our principles for the sake of getting more votes.”