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Current stand-in president: Sekouba Konate Last president shot in the head, recovering in Morocco: Moussa Dadis Camara

 Government type: military

Konate wants to have government transition to the leadership of a civilian prime minister and to have organized elections

"Guinea is now one of only five sustainable development missions in West Africa, with a core program that focused on democracy and good governance generally, but with an emphasis in the sectors of health, education, and natural resource management" -- www.state.gov

one of the world’s top producers of bauxite- 25 billion metric tons; Alcoa, Rio Tinto Alcan and Russia’s UC Rusal all have mining interests; plenty of soil, water, and climatic conditions could be good for large-scale irrigated farming and agro industry 4 billion tons of high-grade iron ore; diamond and gold deposits; undetermined quantities of uranium trying to make healthcare/drugs more available to the population by use fees

 United States of America - trying to keep Konate as standing president, approves of government transition to a prime minister/democracy

 http://guineaoye.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/us-on-guinea-keep-camara-out-work-with-konate-to-put-country-right/  http://www.eldis.org/go/home&id=20328&type=Document http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2824.htm