Camp Boiro

Camp Boiro
Camp Boiro is located in Conakry
Camp Boiro
Camp Boiro
Map of Guinea showing the location of Camp Boiro, Conakry.
Coordinates: 9°32′13″N 13°41′08″W / 9.53694°N 13.68556°W / 9.53694; -13.68556
Country Guinea
RegionConakry Region

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.[1] It has been estimated that almost 5,000 people were executed or died from torture or starvation at the camp.[2] According to other estimates, the number of victims was ten times higher: 50,000.[3]

  1. ^ HRW 2007, pp. 8.
  2. ^ USCongress 2007, pp. 31.
  3. ^ Les victimes du camp Boiro empêchées de manifester, Radio France internationale 27 March 2008 (in French)