Dozens escape prison in African state

Liberian authorities have blamed the incident on a breach in the facility’s security system

Around 47 inmates have escaped from a maximum-security prison in Liberia’s Margibi County, near the capital, Monrovia, the West African nation’s justice ministry reported on Monday.

The incident at the Kakata Central Prison occurred over the weekend, and according to preliminary investigations, it was due to a breach in the facility’s security system, the ministry said in a statement.