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Interim Guinea leader wants to organise elections quickly

AFP Global Edition 18 days ago

Guinea's interim junta leader General Sekouba Konate said that he wants to organise quickly free elections in the beleaguered west African state. "We should move quickly, quickly, to organise these free and transparent elections," General Sekouba Konate said in comments broadcast on ...

Guinea sanctions 'difficult' to lift ahead of polls: Germany

AFP Global Edition 18 days ago

Sanctions slapped on Guinea's junta following a murderous assault on opposition supporters will be "very difficult" to lift ahead of a new president being elected, Germany's ambassador said Friday. "It will be very difficult to lift these sanctions against the people directly ...

Guinea's new caretaker PM formally named

AFP Global Edition 19 days ago

Guinea's interim junta leader General Sekouba Konate signed a decree Thursday formalising the appointment of its new caretaker prime minister, said an official statement on public radio. "Jean-Marie Dore, president of the Union for Progress of Guinea, spokesman for the Forces Vives ...

Guinean military appoints civilian prime minister

AP Features 21 days ago

Guinea's military junta appointed a veteran opposition leader Tuesday as the country's new prime minister, a crucial step that sets the stage for the military to cede power to civilians in elections within the next six months. Jean-Marie Dore is an outspoken ...

Guinea chooses interim prime minister

AFP Global Edition 21 days ago

Guinea on Tuesday named opposition figure Jean-Marie Dore as interim prime minister under a deal aimed at guiding the military-ruled country out of a 13-month political and human rights crisis. Dore, 71, will be tasked with leading the beleaguered west African state ...

Guinea opposition divided over PM choice

AFP Global Edition 22 days ago

Guinea's opposition groups were split on Monday in talks to choose an interim prime minister under a deal aimed at leading the country out of its political crisis. An agreement signed on Friday paved the way for a unity government led by ...

Guinea opposition picks activist for PM job

Reuters US Online Report World News 22 days ago

CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea's opposition coalition of political and civil society groups have chosen veteran activist Jean-Marie Dore as candidate for prime minister, a source close to their talks said on Monday. Dore is leader of the Union for the Progress of ...

Wounded Guinea junta chief backs new interim leader

AFP Global Edition 23 days ago

Guinea's wounded junta chief Captain Moussa Dadis Camara offered his support Sunday to the west African nation's new interim leader after a deal aimed at paving the way for democratic elections. "I ask you to give (General Sekouba Konate) the necessary support ...

Injured Guinea junta chief backs new interim leader

AFP Global Edition 23 days ago

Guinea's injured junta chief Captain Moussa Dadis Camara on Sunday offered his support to the west African nation's new interim leader General Sekouba Konate after a deal aimed at paving the way for democratic elections. "I ask you to give him the ...

Exiled Guinea leader appeals for reconciliation

AP Features 23 days ago

Guinea's exiled leader appealed for peace and reconciliation Sunday, urging his countrymen to put aside ethnic differences and set the stage for elections in six months. Speaking to reporters in Burkina Faso's capital, Capt. Moussa "Dadis" Camara said he had not been ...

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