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Junta Members Added to Guinea Transitional Government

   VOA News 17 February 2010

   Two soldiers accused of serious human rights abuses have been added to
   Guinea's transitional government.
   A  decree  read  on  state television late Tuesday said Captain Claude
   Pivi  and  Lieutenant  Colonel  Moussa Camara Tiegboro have been named
   ministers of state.
   Both  men  have  been  accused  of  playing a role in the September 28
   killing of more than 150 protesters at an opposition rally in Conakry.
   The soldiers are also prominent members of the military junta that has
   ruled Guinea since December 2008.
   Last  month,  the  junta and opposition groups reached an agreement to
   form a transitional government to lead Guinea to new elections.
   The new 34-person government, unveiled Monday, had previously included
   just six members of the military.
   According  to  Tuesday's  decree,  Pivi  retains  his  job  as head of
   presidential security, while Tiegboro remains in charge of the brigade
   that fights drugs and organized crime.
   The new government is expected to organize elections by June.
   Army  officers  led  by  Captain  Moussa  Dadis Camara seized power in
   Guinea  December  23,  2008, soon after the death of President Lansana
   Conte.
   Captain Camara is now in Burkina Faso, after being shot and wounded by
   one his aides in December 2009.  He has agreed not to try to return to
   power.


   Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.

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