Camp Boiro or Camp Mamadou Boiro (1960–1984) is a defunct Guinean concentration camp within Conakry city.
During the regime of President Ahmed Sékou Touré, thousands of political opponents were imprisoned at the camp.
It has been estimated that almost 5,000 people were executed or died from torture or starvation at the camp. According to other estimates, the number of victims was ten times higher: 50,000.
Ahmed Sékou Touré
Loffo Camara, one of the victims, in West Germany, 1962
Entrance of Camp Boiro (2019)
Conakry is the capital and largest city of Guinea. A port city, it serves as the economic, financial and cultural centre of Guinea. Its population as of the 2014 Guinea census was 1,660,973.
Skyline of Conakry
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The city in 1912
Conakry – French Governor's Palace in 1956