The leaders of Egypt and Sudan both welcome US president’s offer to mediate in the Nile dam dispute with Ethiopia.

Benin’s government says it foiled a coup attempt by a group of soldiers who sought to “destabilise the state”. ECOWAS has now deployed soldiers as President Patrice Talon says the situation is “totally under control”.

The country’s Foreign Ministry dismissed rumors spreading on social media that President Salva Kiir had died.