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Defence minister dropped, opposition gives terms

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    Guinean leader Lansana Conte has dropped his defence minister in a cabinet reshuffle, with opposition groups setting terms for accepting the president’s call for dialogue, news organizations reported on Friday.
    Guinean state radio, monitored by the BBC, reported that Dorank Assifat Diasseny was removed and named political adviser to Conte. No replacement has been named, fueling speculations that Conte intents to hold the portfolio.
    Meanwhile, the main opposition Rally of the Guinean People (RPG) party in response to Conte’s call for dialogue in his New Year message to diplomats in the capital, Conakry, called for the unconditional release of its leader, Alpha Conde, in jail since 1998.
    “If the government really has the political will to achieve national unity through dialogue, it must first free Professor Alpha Conde,” Mamadi Diane, the RPG’s deputy leader, told Gabonese radio Africa Number 1.

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