Utafiti: Journal of African Perspectives

 

Call for Papers: Utafiti is inviting you to submit your manuscript – any topic in the humanities - for consideration in the next issues.

 

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The year 2007 saw the weakening of the state president's influence, expressed in the substitution of the presidentially installed administration by an elected parliamentary government. Fundamental improvements in the basic socioeconomic situation did not occur in the period under review. The political landscape remained turbulent. Dark clouds were on the horizon: trafficking in narcotics through Guinea-Bissau threatened the country's stability and became one of the most important topics on international donors' agendas. Bilateral and multilateral financial transfers continued to be critical to Guinea-Bissau's economic existence.