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Guinea 'blocking ex-junta leader Dadis Camara's return' | Guinea 'blocking ex-junta leader Dadis Camara's return' |
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Guinea's exiled former junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara has told the BBC that the Guinean authorities are blocking his return home. | Guinea's exiled former junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara has told the BBC that the Guinean authorities are blocking his return home. |
His attempt to return via Ivory Coast this week failed when his flight was refused permission to land in Abidjan. | His attempt to return via Ivory Coast this week failed when his flight was refused permission to land in Abidjan. |
Capt Camara survived an assassination attempt in December 2009 and then went to live in Burkina Faso. | |
He has said he wants to stand for president in October's elections and the deadline to register is on Tuesday. | He has said he wants to stand for president in October's elections and the deadline to register is on Tuesday. |
"I think President Alpha Conde does not want me to come back home," Capt Camara told BBC Afrique. | "I think President Alpha Conde does not want me to come back home," Capt Camara told BBC Afrique. |
"The instructions [for the plane not to land] came from Conakry not Ivory Coast." | "The instructions [for the plane not to land] came from Conakry not Ivory Coast." |
Capt Camara, who seized power in 2008 when long-time leader Lansana Conte died, announced his attention in May to stand as the presidential candidate for his Patriotic Front for Democracy and Development (FPDD) party. | Capt Camara, who seized power in 2008 when long-time leader Lansana Conte died, announced his attention in May to stand as the presidential candidate for his Patriotic Front for Democracy and Development (FPDD) party. |
Two months later, Guinean judges indicted him for his role in a 2009 massacre in the capital, Conakry, in which more than 150 people protesting against the military rule were killed. | |
'Will face justice' | 'Will face justice' |
He told the BBC he was prepared to turn himself over to the courts in order to prove his innocence. | He told the BBC he was prepared to turn himself over to the courts in order to prove his innocence. |
"I have never refused to face justice," he said. | "I have never refused to face justice," he said. |
Little-known outside military circles before he seized power December 2008, Capt Camara is popular in the south-east of the country, near the border with Liberia and Ivory Coast. | |
He has also signed a political alliance with opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo, who will be running for president. | He has also signed a political alliance with opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo, who will be running for president. |
Capt Camara said it was not the first time he had been refused permission to return, | Capt Camara said it was not the first time he had been refused permission to return, |
In April 2013 he had wanted to attend his mother's funeral. | In April 2013 he had wanted to attend his mother's funeral. |
Explaining about his failed attempt on Wednesday, he said the captain of the commercial flight had been diverted to Ghana. | Explaining about his failed attempt on Wednesday, he said the captain of the commercial flight had been diverted to Ghana. |
"When we disembarked, the captain confirmed that he was told that I should not land at Abidjan, where I had a connection to join Guinea," said Capt Camara, who is now back in the Burkinabe capital, Ouagadougou. | "When we disembarked, the captain confirmed that he was told that I should not land at Abidjan, where I had a connection to join Guinea," said Capt Camara, who is now back in the Burkinabe capital, Ouagadougou. |
President Conde, who won elections in 2010, Guinea's first democratic vote since gaining independence from France in 1958, is running again in October. | President Conde, who won elections in 2010, Guinea's first democratic vote since gaining independence from France in 1958, is running again in October. |