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Many reported dead following land dispute

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    Government officials have travelled to the Macenta area in western Guinea to mediate in a land dispute between two communities there, BBC reported. According to unconfirmed reports, clashes between the Toma and Magna communities on Sunday and Monday killed about 30 people while some 40 were reported to have been injured and about 70 houses were burnt, BBC reported. BBC said a curfew has been imposed in the area, which is some 700 km from the capital, Conakry.

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