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		</div><p>A Guinean army colonel seized control of state television airwaves on Sunday and announced that President Alpha Conde’s government had been dissolved, hours after heavy gunfire erupted near the presidential palace.</p>
<p>Mr Conde’s whereabouts were not immediately known, and colonel Mamadi Doumbouya made no mention of the 83-year-old president, whose popularity has plummeted since he sought a third term last year.</p>
<p>“The personalisation of political life is over.</p>
<p>“We will no longer entrust politics to one man, we will entrust it to the people,” the colonel said, adding that the constitution was also dissolved and land borders now closed.</p>
<p>Doumbouya, who has headed a special forces unit in the military, said he was acting in the best interests of the nation of more than 12.7 million people.</p>
<p>Not enough economic progress has been made since independence from France in 1958, the colonel said.</p>
<p>“If you see the state of our roads, if you see the state of our hospitals, you realize that after 72 years, it’s time to wake up,” he said.</p>
<p>“We have to wake up. The duty of a soldier is to save the country,” he said.</p>
<p>Heavy gunfire had erupted early Sunday near the presidential palace in the capital Conakry and went on for hours, sparking fears of a coup attempt.</p>
<p>The defence ministry later claimed that the attack had been repelled but uncertainty grew when there was no sign of Mr Conde on state television or radio.</p>
<p>Mr Conde has faced mounting criticism since he sought a third term in office last year, saying the two-term limit did not apply to him because of a constitutional referendum he had put forward.</p>
<p>He was ultimately re-elected, but the move prompted violent street demonstrations in which the opposition said dozens were killed.</p>
<p>He came to power in 2010 in the country’s first democratic election since independence from France. Many saw his presidency as a fresh start for the country, which has been mired in decades of corrupt, authoritarian rule.</p>
<p>Opponents, though, say he has failed to improve the lives of Guineans, most of whom live in poverty despite the country’s vast mineral riches.</p>
<p>In 2011, he narrowly survived an assassination attempt after gunmen surrounded his home overnight and pounded his bedroom with rockets.</p>
<p>Rocket-propelled grenades landed inside the compound and one of his bodyguards was killed.</p>
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