West African regional bloc Ecowas will deploy troops to Guinea-Bissau to help stabilise the country after this week’s attempted coup.
The bloc made the announcement after a summit held in Accra, Ghana.
The force will help prevent any attempted coups in future, the bloc said.
Ecowas deployed troops to Guinea-Bissau from 2012 to 2020 after a coup.
President Umaro Sissoco Embaló has said that stability has been restored in the country after the failed coup.
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SA scientists make Covid vaccine using Moderna data
Scientists in South Africa have produced a copy of the Moderna Covid vaccine, raising the prospect of wider access to jabs in poorer parts of the world.
Researchers in Cape Town backed by the World Health Organization hope to begin human trials in November.
They have used publicly available information to produce the mRNA vaccine which uses fragments of the genetic code of the coronavirus.
Moderna had previously said that it would not enforce the patent on its vaccine, but stopped short of offering help to the South African project.
It is hoped that locally produced Covid jabs could sharply increase vaccination rates across Africa, which are the lowest in the world.
The South African team has offered to help scientists in Latin America to make their own version.
Nigeria uncovers suspected financiers of terrorism
Nigeria says it has uncovered more than 120 companies and 96 individuals linked to the financing of terrorism.
Information Minister Lai Mohammed said 45 people suspected of funding terrorism had been arrested and would soon be prosecuted.
Nigeria’s financial crimes agency had recovered at least $750m (£550m) in local and foreign currency linked to corruption, he said.
Last month, the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission increased the power of the authorities to monitor financial links with suspected jihadist groups.
President Muhammadu Buhari, now in his second term, was elected on a promise to fight corruption and recover huge sums of money stolen from Nigeria.
Source: BBC