Libyan militias withdrew their trucks with mounted machine guns from outside the foreign and justice ministries May 8, but protesters remained, AFP reported.

Twenty-two police officers, 14 prison officials, two soldiers and four civilians were killed when alleged Boko Haram members attacked Bama, Nigeria, on May 7, the Nigerian military said, Reuters reported.

Several police officers and civilians were killed when gunmen attacked a police station in Nigeria's Borno state, the Nigerian Premium Times newspaper reported May 7.

Libyan Defense Minister Mohammed al-Barghathi retracted the resignation that he announced early May 7, The Tripoli Post reported.

Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan will make an important decision May 7 along with the Libyan army's chief of staff, a Libyan Defense Ministry spokesman said, denying reports that the chief of staff had quit, Reuters reported.

A Nigerian fighter jet participating in military operations in Mali crashed in western Niger, killing both crew members, Nigerian officials said May 6, Reuters reported.

Gunmen in Libya surrounded the foreign and justice ministries on May 6 and demanded the government's resignation, despite the adoption of a law to remove officials who served under the regime of former leader Moammar Gadhafi, AFP reported.

Libya's General National Congress passed the Isolation Law on May 5, barring anyone who held a senior position under ousted leader Moammar Gadhafi from working in the new administration, Reuters reported.

An explosion at the opening of a new Catholic church in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha killed at least one person and wounded 57 more, police said, Reuters reported May 5.