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Former Guinean military leader Moussa Dadis Camara has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after being accused of crimes against humanity.
The charges stemmed from one of the worst massacres in the nation’s history – the killing of more than 156 people after troops opened fire at a rally held in September 2009 to demand a return civilian rule.
Camara took power in a coup when long-time President Lansana Conté died in 2008, but he fled the country after surviving an assassination attempt not long after the massacre.
He returned from exile in Burkina Faso in September 2022 to face justice, insisting that he was innocent.
He denied any involvement in the stadium massacre and his lawyer described the ruling as politically motivated and said they would appeal.
