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Mozambique: massive jailbreak sees 1,500 inmates escape amid post-election violence

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Over 1,500 inmates escaped during a riot in the high-security Machava prison near in Mozambique’s capital Maputo that left 33 people dead and 15 injured on Wednesday (25 December), according to police general commander Bernardino Rafael. About 1,534 people escaped during the massive prison break, of whom about one tenth have since been recaptured. The […]
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Guinea: Four high-ranking army commanders sacked after attack on central prison

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Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, head of ruling junta in Guinea, expelled Tuesday November 14 four Army top commanders few days after an attack on the country’s main prison to release former leader Moussa Dadis Camara standing on a trial for a massacre committed on protestors in 2009. A decree signed by Doumbouya announced that Colonel Pépé […]
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Tunisia: Two top home security commanders fired in wake of prison-break by five terrorists

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Tunisia’s Interior ministry announced Tuesday October 31 the removal of both Director General of Special Services and of General Intelligence few moments after five high profile terrorists managed to break away from a prison in the town of Mornaguia, 14km from capital Tunis. The terrorists namely Ahmed Melki aka “Le Somalien”, Ameur Balâazi, Raed Touati, […]