Guinea's situation is complicated with military junta leader Moussa Dadis Camara shot and wounded on Thursday by his aide de camp, Aboubakar Toumba Diakite. The junta's No. 2, Defense Minister Sekouba Konate, temporarily takes over the leadership while Camara is away hospitalized in the Mohammad V Military Hospital in Rabat, Morocco. There are different sayings about Camara's condition, although most indicating his recovery after Saturday's operation on head wounds. The situation affects the ongoing talks between the military junta and the opposition 'pressure groups' to end the crisis, which began with the junta seizing power in December 2008 and became deteriorated following the Sept. 28 bloodshed in the capital Conakry. Even before the top-level shooting incident, the talks seemed in a difficult standoff with the opposition insisting on the step- down of Camara and his junta, and the latter refusing to relinquishing power. Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore, who was named the facilitator by the West African bloc ECOWAS, has yet to help bridge the gap between the two sides after hosting several rounds of talks in Ouagadougou. Compaore on Friday apparently wished Camara a 'quick recovery' to continue the normal process of talks, amid speculations about his destiny. Several African countries had reportedly offered refuge to the junta leader in return for a political compromise. What and how the ECOWAS facilitator mediates in the next round of talks will be one of the suspended interests, although Camara's absence from Guinea could mean the temporary suspension of negotiations. Uncertainties are being felt also by citizens in Guinea, especially in Conakry. Konate, who returned on Friday from a trip to Lebanon to fill up the power vacuum, seems in solid control of the situation with soldiers patrolling the capital streets to maintain order and security. Yet there are things to worry about. Diakite, who is also known as Toumba, is still at large since going into hiding on Thursday. He is reportedly 'in a safe place' with his men in Guinea. With Camara lying under medical care in Morocco, and his aide de camp-turned assassin posing a continued problem, the military junta is facing the biggest challenge to maintain the army unity since taking power on Dec. 24, 2008, following the death of President Lasana Conte. Konate, who is known for experience in fighting rebels between 2000 and 2001, needs time to prove his ability to reign in an army led by commanders of different clans -- if Camara also needs time to recover. Despite the Sept. 28 atrocities, in which human rights groups reported the killing of 157 by soldiers, regional leaders for the time being consider Guinea's stability their priority, fearing any flared-up may spill over into neighboring countries, such as Liberia, Sierra Leone and Cote d'Ivoire. Liberia, which is still recovering from the aftermath of civil wars between 1989 and 2003, at the time accused Guinea of backing rebel forces in the fighting, which killed 250,000 people and displaced millions of others. Both Sierra Leone and Cote d'Ivoire are wary of any fallout from the crisis in Guinea to undermine their hard won peace process, which is leading Sierra Leone out of the shadow of the 1991-2002 civil war and Cote d'Ivoire to its first presidential election since the 2002-2003 civil war. Cote d'Ivoire's President Laurent Gbagbo on Friday joined his Burkinabe counterpart Compaore, who brokered peace accords in Cote d'Ivoire, in wishing a quick recovery of Camara from gunshot wounds. 'I also hope that President Compaore succeeds in Guinea ... ( success in mediation) he achieved in Togo and Cote d'lvoire, to open the way for peace,' Gbagbo said. Camara and Toumba suffered tensions after UN officials arrived in Guinea late last month to investigate the Sept. 28 massacre. Toumba was seen at a stadium in Conakry heading the presidential guard in the crackdown. Camara and his bodyguards reportedly went to Camp Koundara on Thursday to ask Toumba to answer questions of the UN investigators, before Toumba opened fire, killing one of his bodyguards and wounding Camara in the head and neck. Camara's driver was also killed. 