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Guinea: streets in downtown Conakry blocked off after ex-dictator's escape from prison

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Armed forces block the entrance of Kaloum district, the administrative centre of Guinean capital Conakry. Former Guinean dictator Moussa Dadis Camara has been taken out of prison by a heavily armed commando during an operation that sparked heavy gunfire in the city, according to his lawyers and a judicial source. IMAGES

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