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Guinea president names new PM to ward off strike

Guinean President Lansana Conte named Eugene Camara, a senior member of his ruling party, as the country’s new prime minister on Friday, a move meant to appease unions threatening to relaunch a crippling general strike. Strike leaders, who say Conte is no longer fit to rule after 23 years in power, had given the president until Monday to name a new prime minister, as he agreed to do in a deal struck two weeks ago to end an 18-day nationwide stoppage. Full Story