Opposition leaders in Guinea rejected yesterday a call by the country�s junta to enter a national unity government, dismissing the offer as a tactic to divert attention from a lethal crackdown on street protesters.
Junta leader Captain Moussa Dais Camara, facing the threat of international sanctions after security forces killed scores of anti-government demonstrators on Monday, is under pressure to ease tensions in the world�s top exporter of the aluminium ore bauxite.
�This does not interest me in the slightest,� Sidya Toure, an ex-prime minister and leader of Guinea�s opposition Union of Republic Forces (UFR), said of Camara�s offer late on Wednesday. �At the moment we are more interested in burying our dead,� he said of killings which a local human rights group said claimed at least 157 lives.
Hundreds more were injured. Earlier Mouctar Diallo of the New Forces of Democracy party dismissed Camara�s proposal as a �diversion�. �Moussa Dadis Camara is no longer credible to lead a transition to democracy.
Source: bbc
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