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Guinea's interim junta leader Sekouba Konate is to be flown to Senegal, officials say, amid reports he is sick. Guinean interim junta leader Sekouba Konate is to be flown to Senegal, officials say, amid reports he is sick.
He has been in charge of Guinea while Capt Moussa Dadis Camara is recovering in a Moroccan hospital from bullet wounds sustained in a plot to kill him.He has been in charge of Guinea while Capt Moussa Dadis Camara is recovering in a Moroccan hospital from bullet wounds sustained in a plot to kill him.
If confirmed, this would raise further fears of instability in Guinea. If the reports about Gen Konate are confirmed, they would raise further fears of instability in Guinea.
Earlier, the International Criminal Court said it would send a prosecutor to Guinea to investigate a massacre of opposition protesters last year. The International Criminal Court is to send a prosecutor to investigate a massacre of opposition protesters.
Senegal's official APS news agency reports that Senegal has sent a plane to Conakry to pick up Gen Konate.Senegal's official APS news agency reports that Senegal has sent a plane to Conakry to pick up Gen Konate.
"He is ailing. He will be in Dakar at the beginning of the afternoon," a source in the presidency told the AFP news agency, following similar reports in the local media. "He is ailing," a source in the presidency told AFP news agency, following similar reports in the local media.
"He will be in [the Senegalese capital] Dakar at the beginning of the afternoon."
Unnamed officials in Guinea have told AP news agency that Gen Konate is being evacuated because he has cirrhosis of the liver but this has not been confirmed.
'Speech of appeasement'
Gen Konate visited Capt Camara in hospital on Wednesday and afterwards said the military leader's life was not in danger.
He also sought to ease the political crisis by offering the opposition the chance to name the next prime minister.
Opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo on Friday told AFP that he welcomed Gen Konate's "speech of appeasement" but that it did not meet all the opposition demands
"We need first to agree on the length of the transition, the non-candidacy of [the junta] and government members [in elections]," he said.
"We have to set up a framework for consultations on the institutions of the transition, draw up a road map and a timetable for the transition."
Capt Camara was evacuated to Morocco in early December after an attempt on his life by a former aide.Capt Camara was evacuated to Morocco in early December after an attempt on his life by a former aide.
A renegade soldier, Lt Toumba Diakite, has said he carried out the shooting after he was told to take the blame for the massacre in September 2009. A renegade soldier, Lt Toumba Diakite, has said he carried out the shooting after he was told to take the blame for the massacre of opposition supporters in September 2009.
Rights groups say more than 150 people were killed when the military opened fire on protesters in a stadium in Conakry on 28 September. There were also reports of women being gang-raped by soldiers.Rights groups say more than 150 people were killed when the military opened fire on protesters in a stadium in Conakry on 28 September. There were also reports of women being gang-raped by soldiers.
Lt Diakite remains on the run and Gen Konate has led a military crackdown on anyone believed to be connected to the attack, arresting dozens of people.Lt Diakite remains on the run and Gen Konate has led a military crackdown on anyone believed to be connected to the attack, arresting dozens of people.