Six weeks after the killing of opposition supporters at a rally in Conakry, an interview with the head of the military junta Captain Camara and opposition leader Jean Marie Dore, who is staying in the country to oppose the junta, despite the dangers.
Guinea's ruling junta submitted a proposal on Wednesday for the creation of a transitional government that would keep junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara in power, leaving little scope for compromise with the country's opposition.
Members of Guinea's ruling junta hold talks on the creation of a transition government with Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore, the official mediator, amid a continuing standoff with the opposition over the role of junta chief Dadis Camara.
The African Union has implemented travel and financial sanctions on members of Guinea's ruling junta. The US and EU had already imposed similar sanctions following the massacre of protesters in Conakry in September.
Guinea's opposition has handed mediating Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore (pictured left) a plan for an interim government to replace the ruling junta within six months.
African leaders have decided to impose sanctions on military-ruled Guinea in the wake of last month's massacre of scores of opposition supporters in the capital, Conakry, leaving the country increasingly isolated.
In a damning report published on Tuesday, Human Rights Watch said an in-depth investigation into the September 28 bloodbath in a stadium in Conakry showed the massacre had been premeditated.
The EU has issued an arms embargo on Guinea and slapped financial and travel sanctions on members of the country's ruling junta. The African country was plunged into crisis following the massacre of opposition protesters in Conakry in September.
Sidya Touré, former Prime Minister of Guinea (1996-1999) and current leader of the opposition UFR party, gives his eyewitness account of the September 28 stadium massacre in the country’s capital, Conakry.
EU member states have agreed a draft resolution imposing an arms embargo on Guinea and sanctions against the military junta, following a bloody crackdown on opposition supporters that rights groups said claimed more than 150 lives.
