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Rest of World News: Guinean former dictator Moussa Dadis Camara has been recaptured and returned to prison the army and his lawyer said on Saturday after an apparent jail

Guinea's ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara was recaptured and returned to prison on Saturday, hours after an apparent jailbreak led by a heavily armed commando, the army and his lawyer said. At least two other former officials on trial alongside Camara over a 2009 massacre during his presidency were taken in the earlier operation that sparked…

It was unclear if Camara escaped of his own free will, but the army described the operation as attempted sabotage.

Guinea’s ex-dictator, Moussa Dadis Camara, has been recaptured and returned to prison on Saturday.He was recaptured hours after an apparent

Rest of World News: Former Guinean military junta leader, Moussa Dadis Camara, was recaptured and returned to prison after a failed jailbreak attempt led by armed command

Guinea, Donors Should Find Way to Resume Stadium Massacre Trial

Click to expand Image Defendants in Guinea's 2009 stadium massacretrial appear before the judges onthe first day of the trial, in Conakry, September 28, 2022. 2022 Elise Keppler/Human Rights Watch For more than two weeks, Guinea's landmark trial for the killings, rapes, and other abuses committed on September 28, 2009 at a stadium in the country's capital, Conakry, has been suspended over a boycott by defense counsel. During the 2009 assault, security forces opened fire on a peacefu...

In Guinea, 8 months after the start of the Conakry trial, some lawyers have never been paid. On May 29, they went on strike.

Activists Oumar Sylla, Ibrahima Diallo and Saïkou Yaya Barry were arrested by the Guinean authorities on 30 July, solely for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression and assembly. Oumar Sylla and Ibrahima Diallo are still detained at Conakry prison, waiting for their trial after they called for a protest on 28 July. On 12 October, Saïkou Yaya Barry was provisionally released under judicial control and evacuated to Tunis after his health deteriorated during his detention. The...

Conakry, Nov 4 (Prensa Latina) Guinea's military junta requested to prosecute former President Alpha Condé, 84, and 180 former officials for alleged corruption, according to a document spread in this capital on Friday.