PDI, Guinea - national governance.

Undoubtedly a relief for PDI stakeholders, the Guinea mining sector in general and a positive for national stability.

CNN —

The former head of Guinea’s 2008 military junta, Moussa Dadis Camara, has been recaptured following his escape from prison on Saturday, Guinea’s Ministry of Defense announced.

Camara was sprung from prison by heavily armed men in Conakry in the early hours of Saturday along with three other high-ranking officers, Justice Minister Charles Wright said.

Two of the three high-ranking officers — Moussa Tiegboro Camara and Blaise Gomou — have also been recaptured, according to the Ministry of Defense. The third officer, Colonel Claude Pivi, remains at large.

The escapees that were recaptured are “safe and sound,” the Ministry of Defense said, and have been sent back to Maison Centrale de Conakry, a federal prison in Guinea’s capital.

“All security measures have been taken to find the last fugitive,” the Ministry of Defense continued. “I once again call on citizens to continue to freely go about their daily business.”

Earlier Saturday, local residents told Reuters military vehicles and special forces were policing the streets of the Guinean capital after shots were heard in the Kaloum administrative district, where Camara and others were held at the Central House prison.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/04/africa/armed-men-break-out-guineas-ex-junta-leader-from-prison-intl/index.html