Why US-funded vaccine trial plan for babies in Guinea-Bissau caused outrage
The health trial by researchers at the University of Southern Denmark has been suspended by Bissau-Guinean authorities.

The health trial by researchers at the University of Southern Denmark has been suspended by Bissau-Guinean authorities.



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Umaro Sissoco Embalo arrives in the Republic of Congo after first seeking refuge in Senegal following this week’s coup.
General Horta Inta-A appoints new prime minister amid growing condemnation of military coup in West African nation.
Senegal’s Foreign Ministry says Umaro Sissoco Embalo arrived in the country a day after he was deposed in military coup.

Military takeover follows others in the region in recent years.
General Horta Inta-A is named the head of a one-year transitional government after President Embalo was detained.

“I don’t think this military takeover is going in the right direction.”
General Horta Inta-A declares himself the leader of the transitional government.

Military officers have seized control of Guinea-Bissau and detained the president.
Army says it has taken ‘total control’, deposed and arrested the president, and suspended the electoral process.
Conflicting claims come before the release of official results by the country’s electoral commission.