By KEMO CHAM More by this AuthorThe military-led government in Guinea says a former junta leader on trial for alleged human rights violations has escaped in an early morning jailbreak. Captain Moussa Dadis Camara escaped from the Central Prison in Conakry on Saturday, after heavily armed men stormed the detention facility located in the heart of the Guinean capital, said Justice Minister Charles Alphonso Wright. “It was around 5am that heavily armed me attacked the Central Prison of Conakry,” he disclosed on a popular live radio breakfast show. All four men are among the main accused in an ongoing trial for the alleged massacre of civilians. AdvertisementDadis came to power on December 24, 2008, following the sudden death of longer time leader President Lansana Conte.

Source: Daily Nation November 04, 2023 19:14 UTC