Guinea's military ruler is in Morocco after being shot by troops loyal to his aide-de-camp. VOA West Africa Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, aid groups are drafting contingency plans for as many as half-a-million civilians who could be displaced if Guinea's political instability worsens.
Burkinabe President Blaise Compaore says Guinea's military ruler Captain Moussa Dadis Camara is in a "difficult but not desperate" situation after being shot by renegade troops at an army barracks in downtown Conakry late Thursday.
President Compaore is the regional mediator in Guinea's political crisis. He told reporters in Ouagadougou that Captain Camara has gone to Morocco for surgery.
Guinea's Communications Minister Idrissa Cherif says Captain Camara is in Rabat for a "check-up."
It is the first time the 45-year-old ruler has left Guinea since taking power in a coup last December. In his absence, Cherif says power remains in the hands of the ruling military council, which met in emergency session Friday.
A Moroccan physician familiar with the situation says Captain Camara is being treated for "several light wounds" at Rabat's Mohammed V Military Hospital and his condition is "not serious." Morocco's Foreign Ministry says the kingdom received Captain Camara on "strictly humanitarian considerations".
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