Guinean extradited over stadium massacre

Senegal has extradited a former presidential aide in Guinea, accused of involvement in the massacre of opposition supporters at a stadium in the Guinean capital, Conakry, eight years ago.

More than 150 people were killed when security forces opened fire on thousands of anti-government protesters at the capital’s main stadium.

Women there were raped and dozens of people were never seen again.

Aboubakar Diakite, known as Toumba, was arrested in Senegal in December.

He had been on the run since 2009 when he tried to kill his own chief – Guinea’s former military leader, Moussa Dadis Camara – who was also implicated in the stadium massacre.