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| Guinea soldiers seize army chief | Guinea soldiers seize army chief |
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| Troops in Guinea have seized the deputy head of the army in a protest over pay. | Troops in Guinea have seized the deputy head of the army in a protest over pay. |
| The soldiers captured Gen Mamadou Sampil when he tried to negotiate with them at an army base in the capital, Conakry. | The soldiers captured Gen Mamadou Sampil when he tried to negotiate with them at an army base in the capital, Conakry. |
| The troops, who say they have been owed money for up to 12 years and protested over the same issue last year, also fired shots into the air. | The troops, who say they have been owed money for up to 12 years and protested over the same issue last year, also fired shots into the air. |
| The protests come the week after President Lansana Conte sacked Lansana Kouyate as prime minister. | The protests come the week after President Lansana Conte sacked Lansana Kouyate as prime minister. |
| Gen Sampil was seized at Conakry's Alpha Yaya Diallo base on Monday. | Gen Sampil was seized at Conakry's Alpha Yaya Diallo base on Monday. |
| The BBC's Alhassan Sillah in Guinea says that shots were also heard in two other garrisons in Kindia, north-east of Conakry, and N'Zerekore in the south east. | |
| Call for dialogue | Call for dialogue |
| Following the unrest President Conte summoned senior government officials including new Prime Minister Ahmed Tidiane Souare for a meeting that lasted more than four hours. | Following the unrest President Conte summoned senior government officials including new Prime Minister Ahmed Tidiane Souare for a meeting that lasted more than four hours. |
| The government then issued a statement calling for dialogue and offering to release soldiers arrested after protests last year in return for calm, our correspondent says. | The government then issued a statement calling for dialogue and offering to release soldiers arrested after protests last year in return for calm, our correspondent says. |
| But it also said it had paid all the money owed to the soldiers. | But it also said it had paid all the money owed to the soldiers. |
| The dismissed prime minister was appointed as part of a deal in 2007 to end deadly riots that paralysed the country. | The dismissed prime minister was appointed as part of a deal in 2007 to end deadly riots that paralysed the country. |
| He was replaced by Mr Souare, a former minister of mines and ally of Mr Conte. | He was replaced by Mr Souare, a former minister of mines and ally of Mr Conte. |
| The dismissal of Mr Kouyate was reportedly one of the soldiers' complaints, as they said they had no-one left to petition. | The dismissal of Mr Kouyate was reportedly one of the soldiers' complaints, as they said they had no-one left to petition. |
| The sacking sparked protests in Conakry last week. | The sacking sparked protests in Conakry last week. |
| Mr Conte has ruled Guinea since taking power in a bloodless coup in 1984. | Mr Conte has ruled Guinea since taking power in a bloodless coup in 1984. |