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Guinean President Agrees to Change Prime Minister

February 15, 2007

Update (2/27/07): 
After meeting with all groups involved in the negotiations, former Nigerian president Babangida met yesterday with President Conté at his home village. Today the ECOWAS delegation met again with all groups at the Palais de Peuple. After the meeting it was announced at a press conference that the general strike will be suspended tonight at midnight. It also was announced that work will NOT restart tomorrow as decreed by General Kerfalla Camara but rather on Tuesday morning in the whole country. The unions and the Civil Society have asked that tomorrow be observed as a national day of prayer for the victims of the strike and of the state of siege. 
     Please continue to pray for the people of Guinea. It will take some time to get everything going again. Pray for the missionary staff, that they may know what to do first and where to go, and that they will be sensitive to God's leading. Pray for Guinean believers, that they will be bold in witnessing, be a good example in this time of reconciliation and reconstruction, and that they would be a beacon in the darkness. 
 
Update (2/15/07): Alliance Missionaries Out of Guinea 
“We’re just waiting for their plane to land,” said an Alliance spokesperson who is serving in Senegal. After several intense days of being “hunkered down” at the mission guest house in Conakry because of the political unrest and threat of violence, Alliance workers were cleared to board a U.S. Embassy plane bound for Dakar. “All of our missionaries are out of Guinea.” 
     The plane, which seats 40, had 33 missionaries and MKs from six Christian organizations. “Only three of our people were not on this flight,” said the spokesperson. Because the embassy did not make allowance for Canadians to board, one Canadian Alliance missionary, who was accompanied by two U.S. C&MA workers, flew on a commercial plane to a neighboring country and will join their team in Senegal tomorrow. “We are very grateful that our missionaries are safe,” said the Alliance worker. “Praise God for His protection and provision.” 
 
Update (2/14/07): Martial Law Implemented in Guinea 
Three Alliance missionaries and two MKs were flown out of Conakry yesterday via a U.S. Embassy plane. The political climate in Guinea remains tense; martial law has been implemented with a 20-hour curfew, and vehicle travel is not allowed. One missionary couple, who had been separated from the team, received military escort to the mission guest house. Nine missionaries and one MK remain in Conakry, although field leaders are negotiating their departure with the U.S. Embassy and other groups.  
     Continue to pray for God’s peace and protection for the missionaries and for flight arrangements to be made quickly. Also, pray for a rapid resolution to the conflict and that God will empower Guinean believers to proclaim the peace of Christ in the midst of the storm.