Antananarivo – Prison officials in Madagascar were left red-faced on Tuesday after a mass escape which left over 30 inmates on the run on the Indian Ocean island nation.

The mass breakout occurred three weeks into a strike by prison workers, with media reports suggesting the escapees may have received help from guards, although officials said they do not yet know what happened.

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