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| Interim Guinea junta leader 'ill' | Interim Guinea junta leader 'ill' |
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| Guinean 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 the reports about Gen Konate are confirmed, they 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. |
| The International Criminal Court is to send a prosecutor to investigate a massacre of opposition protesters. | 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," a source in the presidency told 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." | "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. | 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' | 'Speech of appeasement' |
| Gen Konate visited Capt Camara in hospital on Wednesday and afterwards said the military leader's life was not in danger. | 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. | 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 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." | "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 of opposition supporters 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. |