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Guinea coup leader promises to set up unity government

Lieutenant-colonel Mamady Doumbouya.

Lieutenant-colonel Mamady Doumbouya. PHOTO | AFP

By  AFP

Conakry,

The colonel behind Guinea's military coup promised Monday to set up a unity government to oversee a transition period and vowed there would be no "witch hunt" against the former government.

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