African Studies
Utafiti: Journal of African Perspectives
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African Studies
Any achievements attained during 50 years of independence were difficult to show when the country officially celebrated the anniversary belatedly, not on 13 August, but on 1 December, the date when the legendary founding father of the Republic had declared autonomy within the ‘Communauté Française’ in 1958. Domestic politics were marked by continued clashes in the north-east and by haphazard preparations for national elections, which eventually had to be postponed to 2011. The insecurity that was prevalent on nearly all the country’s borders dominated foreign policy activities, with the UN peacekeeping mission closing down two months before the announced elections. Some movement developed in the mining sector, which had still not returned to pre-war levels.