African Studies
Utafiti: Journal of African Perspectives
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Some major reform steps by Prime Minister Elie Doté's government secured the award of a much-needed PRGF with the IMF in December. This could not immediately benefit the population, which has suffered through ten years of instability and insecurity. The entire northern part of the country was not safe from incursions by rebel groups and indiscriminate counter-attacks by government forces. In October, the outright capture by rebel groups of the provincial capital of Birao in the northeast sent a strong signal to Bangui. Security concerns dominated public debate during the year.