Guinea's military
leader, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara has ordered an investigation into the recent massacre of opposition supporters.
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United Nations officials in Guinea said more than 150 people were killed and
thousands wounded last month after the military opened fire on an unarmed crowd
gathered in a stadium to protest Camara's rule.
Washington condemned the massacre, describing it as
criminality of the greatest order.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demanded
an apology from the junta and urged it to relinquish power.
Abbou Konate, an
independent Guinean journalist said that there is
an uneasy calm over the capital, Conakry.
"As
I'm talking, all the Guineans are waiting for the meeting which must be set up
in Ouagadougou with the president of Burkina Faso Blaise Compaore who was last
Monday was in Conakry here, and he got some discussions with the head of the
junta Captain Dadis Camara and the opposition leaders," Konate said.
President Blaise
Compaore has invited Captain Camara and his political opponents to Ouagadougou
for talks on finding a lasting solution to the months-old crisis.
Konate
said Guineans are anxious to hear a date when the junta leader and the
opposition will decide to accept the Burkinabe leader's invitation.
"All
the Guineans today are waiting for this date. People don't talk about the date
yet, but everybody is waiting," Konate said.
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He
said tensions are high in the capital, Conakry.
"There is no movement in Conakry like before
the crisis where we can see Captain Dadis supporters with flyers and going on
the streets or the opposition supporters also on the street dancing and asking
Captain Dadis Camara to leave the power," he said.
Konate
said the opposition is demanding the resignation of the junta leader before
engaging in any negotiations.
"The
political leaders made a statement and they said they will not accept to
continue the discussion with Captain Dadis and with the junta until Captain
Dadis is (no more) the president of Guinea," Konate said
He
said the opposition is also demanding the release of political prisoners.
"They
are also asking to (release) the persons who were arrested hours after the
stadium slaughter," he said.
French
Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchnar accused the junta leader of personal
involvement in last week's stadium massacre.
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But
Konate said the military leader rejects the accusation.
"Dadis
Camara is denying and he said that he never sent the soldiers to the stadium to
kill the (people)… and since the crisis happened this is his argument," Konate
said.
He
said the former head of the presidential bodyguard is blamed for ordering the
massacre.
Captain
Dadis Camara seized power shortly after Guinea's long time President Lansana
Conte died.
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