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Gunfire erupts near Guinea’s presidential palace due to chaos

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Following gunfire late on Thursday night in the vicinity of Guinea’s presidential palace in Conakry, the army momentarily evacuated and sealed off the city center. A few hundred meters from the presidential palace, local journalist Fode Toure told The Associated Press he heard gunfire and witnessed people fleeing in fear. Street patrols by heavily armed soldiers were observed by an AP reporter who was close to the palace. A diplomatic official close to Guinea’s leader told the AP that 11 dissident soldiers opened fire on the special forces around the […]