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...When young Guinean military officers seized power after Guinea's president Lansana Conté died on Monday aged 74, people lined the streets of Conakry, the capital, to cheer them on. A little-known army captain, Moussa Camara, declared himself the country's new leader, as well as the head of a group of 26 officers and six civilians who go by the name the National Council for Democracy and Development. Conté, who was buried on Friday, was a heavy smoker and a diabetic, and had groomed no successor. The Parliament's speaker Aboubacar Sompare - who by law should...
...Instead Prime Minister Ahmed Tidiane Souare met Camara on Thursday, addressing him as "Mr. President" and offering to help him govern. For his part, Camara has vowed he will hold elections in December 2010, and that he will not stand as a candidate in the vote. "I have been given a chance to guide the destiny of the nation," he told reporters in Conakry on Thursday, dressed in military uniform. "I have a sacred mission not to betray the nation...
...Leaving aside whether Camara's promises can be trusted - Conté himself seized power days after Guinea's first president Sekou Toure died and then ruled with an iron fist for 24 years - Guineans' enthusiastic welcome of the new junta is a measure of how desperate they are for change. Guinea has half the world's reserves of bauxite - vital in the production of aluminium - as well as gold, diamonds and hardwoods. Yet the average Guinean earns just $91 a month. Civil servants last year joined in food riots because their salaries were no longer enough...
...studios were canceling their parties. "We are all very disappointed that our traditional awards ceremony will not take place this year and that millions of viewers worldwide will be deprived of seeing many of their favorite stars celebrating 2007's outstanding achievements in motion pictures and television," said Jorge Camara, President of the HFPA, in a statement. "We take some comfort, however, in knowing that this year's Golden Globe Award recipients will be announced on the date originally scheduled...
...year.“One of my friends dragged me to a West African dance class, and I was hesitant because I thought it would be for girls, but the instructor was also a drummer,” he said.The instructor, Sidi Mohammed “Joh” Camara, introduced him to the djembe, a drum traditionally from the Mali area that is now found all over West Africa. “I was just blown away by the sound of the djembe. It almost sounds like someone is speaking to you, and as soon as I heard...