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- ↑ "Commando operation in Guinea: reward offered for the capture of the last fugitive". Africanews. 2023-11-09. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
- ↑ "Guinea junta purges security services after ex-dictator's jailbreak". Monitor. 2023-11-06. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
- ↑ "En Guinée, les autorités offrent une récompense pour la capture de Claude Pivi, dernier évadé toujours en fuite" [In Guinea, authorities offer a reward for the capture of Claude Pivi, the last escapee still on the run] (in French). LeMonde. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
- ↑ "Afrique Guinée: le colonel Claude Pivi, condamné par contumace pour le massacre du 28-Septembre, a été arrêté au Liberia" [Africa Guinea: Colonel Claude Pivi, convicted in absentia for the September 28 massacre, was arrested in Liberia] (in French). Radio France International. 17 September 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
- ↑ "Guinea's most wanted fugitive extradited from Liberia". Associated Press. 21 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
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