Guinea 'blocking ex-junta leader Dadis Camara's return'

Guinea's exiled former junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara says authorities in Guinea are blocking his return home. 

His attempt to return via Ivory Coast this week failed when his flight was refused permission to land in Abidjan. 

Captain Camara survived an assassination attempt in December 2009 and then went to live in Burkina Faso. 

In an interview with the BBC, he said he wants to stand for president in October's elections and the deadline to register is Tuesday. 

Captain Camara, who seized power in 2008 when long-time leader Lansana Conte died, announced his intention in May to stand as the presidential candidate for his Patriotic Front for Democracy and Development party. 

Two months later, Guinean judges indicted him for his role in a 2009 massacre in the capital, Conakry. 

He says he is prepared to turn himself over to the courts in order to prove his innocence. 

BBC