A bloc of West African nations began deploying a stabilisation force to Guinea-Bissau after the country was thrown into turmoil when its president escaped a coup attempt in February.
The Guinea-Bissau Stabilisation Support Mission comprises some 600 troops from Nigeria, Senegal, Ivory Coast and Ghana, according to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) bloc.
ECOWAS commissioner for political affairs, peace and security, General Francis Behanzin, said that the mission would last one year and is renewable.
