Roundup: Senior military figure transferred, calm restored in Guinea's capital after gunfire near central prison


By Chen ChenLansana

CONAKRY, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Prosecutor-General's Office of the Conakry Court of Appeal on Tuesday announced a decision by the penitentiary administration to transfer the detained Commander Toumba Diakite from the central prison in Guinea's capital to another in Coyah, northeast of Conakry.

According to an official statement, an unannounced inspection and search operation was carried out on Monday at the Conakry central prison, during which authorities discovered and seized several prohibited items, including mobile phones, psychotropic substances and bladed weapons, in the possession of some inmates.

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