Military vehicles were on the streets on Friday morning as residents commuted to work and school.
Somalia’s government had long asked for the arms embargo to be removed so it could beef up its forces to take on the militants.
An estimated one million rings could be produced annually.
On Friday, the United Nations Security Council would vote to end a political mission in war-torn Sudan, diplomats said.
Mr Touray stated this in the 2023 Annual State of the Community Report he presented to the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja.
The coup plotters were also said to have fired shots at the presidential lodge, where Mr Bio is heavily guarded.
“ECOWAS condemns this act and calls for the arrest and prosecution of everyone involved in the illegality,“ it said.
President Julius Bio declared a nationwide curfew following the security breach at the military barracks in Freetown.
The UNHCR put the numbers fleeing the fighting at 450,000 and said at least 200,000 of the internally displaced people had been cut off from humanitarian aid.
“The divide between Francophone and Anglophone countries has been bridged, fostering unity between the blocs,’’ he said.
