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At least nine people were killed in gun battles after armed men stormed into a jail in Guinea’s capital over the weekend and briefly freed former president Moussa Dadis Camara and other detained officials, the justice ministry said on Monday. Authorities found the bodies of three attackers, four soldiers and …

More than 60 soldiers and prison officers have been fired in Guinea, following the escape of former junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara and two others. Capt Camara was recaptured and returned to prison a few hours after being freed from his cell by “heavily armed commandos” early on Saturday. Those …