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Guinea-Bissau (Vol 9, 2012)

in Africa Yearbook Online
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Christoph Kohl
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The death of President Malam Bacai Sanhá in January triggered a series of events that resulted in a serious political crisis. Presidential elections were subsequently scheduled but the candidacy of Prime Minister Carlos Domingos Gomes Júnior was opposed by an opposition coalition. They and parts of the army also criticised the presence of an Angolan peace mission in the country. When Gomes won the first round of the elections, parts of the army staged a coup d’état on 12 April. Although the international community initially condemned the coup unanimously, ECOWAS soon proceeded to install an unconstitutional ‘transitional government’, but by the end of the year this had not been recognised by international stakeholders, such as the UN, AU, US and EU. Violations of human rights and drug-trafficking intensified. The economic situation worsened due to sanctions, the wait-and-see attitude of potential investors, and a reported fall in demand for cashew kernels, the country’s main export product.

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