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- Vol 51 No 4
- 19/02/2010
The junta explains
The putschists use former Pentagon officials to polish their image
- Vol 51 No 2
- 22/01/2010
Democratic moves after the exit of Dadis
The shooting of the former junta leader, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, has triggered his exile and fresh talks about elections this year
- Vol 51 No 2
- 22/01/2010
Who's who in the junta and beyond
General Sékouba Konaté had tried to escape the corridors of power during the 2008 coup but destiny caught up with him a year later, following the December 2009 shooting of Captain Moussa Dadis Camara. Officially, Sékouba Konaté is Third Vice-President...
- Vol 50 No 25
- 18/12/2009
Toumba on the run
More military infighting looms following a shoot-out on 3 December in which junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara was hit in the head and then flown to Morocco for medical treatment. A former aide now on the run, Aboubacar Sidiki Diakité 'To...
- Vol 50 No 22
- 06/11/2009
Soldiers out of their depth
In the aftermath of the 28 September massacre, the junta faces sanctions and seems to have lost its way
- Vol 50 No 22
- 06/11/2009
To catch a thief
The choice of Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaoré as chief mediator in Guinea's worsening crisis is curious, given that the Burkinabé leader, in league with Liberian warlord Charles Taylor, had been plotting against the previous Guinean regime un...
- Vol 50 No 20
- 08/10/2009
Gunning down democracy
Condemned for massacring its own people, the junta negotiates an economic lifeline with China
- Vol 50 No 13
- 26/06/2009
Camara's reality television
Conakry's military leader regularly berates drug traffickers and corrupt businesses on the state media but is extending his stay in office
- Vol 50 No 2
- 23/01/2009
A popular putsch, so far
The junta is purging the army, reviewing mining contracts and has been given just six months to organise elections
- Vol 50 No 2
- 23/01/2009
The new men under fire
Some of the Comité National pour le Développement et la Démocratie junta's appointments have been heavily criticised. Chief among these is military leader Moussa Dadis Camara's old friend, Boubacar Barry, an architect, as provisional Minister for Cons...
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