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Teen jailed for exam cheating in Guinea dies after sickle cell complications, father says
Mamadou Djouma Bah, 17, was arrested and sentenced to prison for exam fraud earlier this month.
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Djouma Bah - who was a social sciences student - had allegedly been caught using his phone during Guinea's national school-leaving baccalaureate on 15 July, when he was arrested with other students, also suspected of exam fraud.
Two days later, he was convicted for cheating and sentenced to six months in prison, five of which were suspended.
He was serving his one month in a prison in the city of Kindia, about 137km (85 miles) north-east of the capital, Conakry, when his health deteriorated.
The teenager was subsequently transferred to the regional hospital for treatment.
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