**The Guinean authorities have appointed a transition government to steer the country from military to civilian rule, an official statement has said.**The government line-up was proposed by interim Prime Minister Jean Marie Dore, appointed last month by the general in charge of Guinea, Sekouba Konate.
The new caretaker government consists of both civilian and military leaders.
Mr Dore has pledged to hold elections within six months, ending a crisis sparked by a coup in December 2008.
It will be the first democratically in Guinea, which has been controlled by the military for decades.
Mr Dore was appointed by Gen Konate in January after crisis talks in which the military government agreed to step down.
He has vowed to reform the armed forces and prioritise the economic revival of Guinea - the world’s largest exporter of bauxite.
Meanwhile the man technically in charge of the military government, Capt Moussa Dadis Camara, is convalescing in Burkina Faso.
He has been incapacitated since an assassination attempt in December.