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Police in Guinea-Bissau have freed 71 people from an alleged cross-border trafficking network accused of luring migrants with promises of jobs and opportunities abroad. Four suspects were reportedly arrested, while the alleged ringleader remains at large.

Nigeria’s state police amendment has secured approval from 24 state assemblies, meeting the two-thirds threshold. But new legislation, state laws, funding and certification must still be completed before state police officers can take to the streets.

Rescuers are searching the rubble of a collapsed building in Eastleigh, Nairobi. Conflicting reports put the building's height at between 10 and 18 floors.

Guinea-Bissau has rejected a proposed hepatitis B vaccine trial involving 14,000 newborns. The dispute centres on government authorisation, research ethics and US funding, after the lead researcher acknowledged that the study could not proceed.