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...Injured but alive, Capt Camara left the country. He did not return and the junta’s new leader pledged to hand power back to civilians....
...Capt Camara’s rule was bloody, including the massacre of 150 opposition demonstrators, and ended only a year ago, when an assassination attempt by an aide forced him to seek medical treatment abroad....
...Yet Capt Camara still wields influence from exile in Burkina Faso....
...A bullet to the head from a would-be assassin among his entourage forced Capt Camara into exile into December....
...“We are at a turning point where pilots, flight attendants and ground crew are all saying ‘enough is enough, we want to share in any future gains’,” said Tom Kochan, George Maverick Bunker Professor of Management...
...It is unclear what awaits Capt Camara....
...It was unclear how long Capt Camara will be abroad....
...The envoy from Germany, where Capt Camara spent 18 months in military training, felt his wrath when he voiced concerns. Capt Camara slipped off his shades and bellowed: “Respect my authority....
...In a statement on Wednesday, Capt Camara called for the “installation of a government of national unity made up of political parties charged with managing the transition” to elections....
...It is unclear how Mr Compaoré will be received but Capt Camara has called for “a wise African president to mediate in Guinea”....
...The African Union has said it would impose sanctions on members of the government unless Capt Camara made good on an initial pledge not to run in the polls....
...Thousands of protesters took to the streets a fortnight ago demanding that Capt Camara honour a pledge not to stand in presidential elections he has scheduled for January....
...A senior Guinean official said reports that mercenaries had arrived to support Capt. Camara were a “total fabrication”. “There are actually two versions running,” he said....
...Additional reporting by Tom Burgis in Lagos...
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