Guinea will make no economic or social progress until uncertainty over the health of its wounded junta chief is resolved, potential investors and Conakry residents said Thursday. Defense Minister Sekouba Konate assumed interim control over the mineral-exporting West African country after a failed assassination attempt on the military ruler on Dec. 3. Junta leader Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara, known to most Guineans as “Dadis”, remains in a Moroccan hospital. “It's a matter of urgency to get out of this situation as quickly as possible, otherwise the coming months are going to be very tough,” said Boubacar Diallo, an executive with a Nigerian bank which is close to opening an operation in Guinea.
