The military heads behind last week’s coup that removed Guinea’s President Alpha Conde have begun a weeklong consultation with political, religious, and business leaders that they say will lead to the formation of a transitional government.

The dialogue on Tuesday is expected to lay out the framework of a promised government of national unity that would lead Guinea back to constitutional order. It is expected to define the duration of the transition, what political and institutional reforms are needed before elections, and who will lead the transition.

Guinean special forces seized power in a coup, arrested the president, and promised to change the political makeup of the West African country.

The new military leaders announced a nationwide curfew “until further notice,” saying it would convene President Alpha Conde’s cabinet ministers and other senior politicians on Monday.

“Any refusal to attend will be considered a rebellion,” the commandos said in a statement.

Freeman Mbowe, leader of Tanzania’s main opposition party, has appeared in court to face “terrorism” charges, in a case denounced by his supporters as a politically motivated move aimed at crushing dissent.

The 59-year-old chairman of the Chadema Party has been behind bars since July 21, when he was arrested along with other senior party officials in a nighttime police raid just hours before they were to hold a public forum to demand constitutional reforms.

Chad’s former dictator Hissene Habre, the first former head of state to be convicted of crimes against humanity by an African court after his government was accused of killing tens of thousands of people, has died in Senegal. He was 79.

Habre, whose case for years showcased Africa’s reluctance to put its despots on trial as he lived in luxurious exile, had recently contracted COVID-19 according to local media reports. His death Tuesday at a Dakar hospital was confirmed by Jean Bertrand Bocande, director of the penitentiary administration.