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Utafiti: Journal of African Perspectives
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President Yahya Jammeh and his ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) continued to dominate the domestic political scene. The year witnessed a thorough cabinet reshuffle. Twenty months after President Jammeh claimed to have discovered a cure for AIDS, antiretroviral treatment was on the increase with fewer people participating in the president's programme. The trial of military officers and civilians accused of participation in the March 2007 alleged foiled coup attempt continued in the courts amid wide concerns of arbitrary judicial procedures. Most of the alleged coup plotters testified in court that they had been tortured and forced to sign statements implicating them in the coup by the state's repressive arm, the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). Foreign relations with the West remained lukewarm, while President Jammeh continued to court and benefit from the friendship and assistance of Iran, Cuba, Venezuela and especially Taiwan.