African Studies
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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Macroeconomic developments and political reform efforts were encouraging. Security sector reform made progress but still had a long way to go. An alleged coup attempt that rocked the country in late December was a set-back, leading to the arrest of the naval chief of staff and other officers. The EU temporarily froze parts of its assistance programme in response to the April 2010 coup attempt, which was allegedly undertaken by the acting army general chief of staff and the naval chief of staff, who were also among several high ranking officers accused of drug-trafficking. In mid-year the opposition organised protest rallies against the ‘Partido para a Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde’ (PAIGC) government.