the national liberation council government that came to power signed the loan agreement with the i.m.f. and accepted the conditions. the economy made a spectacular rebound and at the same time product prices increased. but kick our exports did not yield the expected revenue in one thousand nine hundred eighty one after the funds recommendation the currency was devalued by forty six point eight percent there was a wage freeze and taxes were increased. a year later general a chum pong overthrew the government. that governmental general election. unilaterally. decided not to pick the debts that's gonna government to that and if it was a little of the ninety million dollars and. the general at the point took the position that it was something we couldn't be. and we pushed for self-reliance that was the message that he was giving to ghana and i think he made an impact unfortunately the price of oil hikes soon after that pushed us back into economic decline and we ended up going back to the i.m.f. for a loan that was after the coup that threw a chump amount and it's an interesting paradigm t

. >> at 3:00 a migrate was scheduled for the national liberation council. those present were planning to carry out a coup, they actually attempted it but the coup was foiled. we will slice them out of their hiding. >> a number of people were killed and several have been arrested. among those detained his former vicvice president. blaming that on soldiering loyal to the vice president. this was official presented as a reshuffle but it came after musshar challenged his leadership. >> we now have one man's rule. so what is it at issue? >> dressed in his military uniform the president seemed operator prepared -- prepared for the battle. >> we are the front line means we didn't abandon that war. these people are criminals and this is a criminal act. >> south sudan became an independent country two years ago when it split from sudan. al jazeera. >> people are celebrating in bangladesh. bits independence day. the bitter war of 40 years ago is still causing voyages. a tribute to nelson mandela is being unveiled on the national day of being is consolidation. >>> com

the goal of the meetings of the national liberation council were all men for one agenda. to have the document or the benefits, the constitution of the popular movement. both the documents were put on the agenda at the table of the meeting. the political bureau ratified the two documents in march, however, we did not have an opportunity for the council to further endorse the ratification of the political bureau and it is established that there were no further amendments to these documents. that's it. thank you very much. >> reporter: well that is the president of south sudan. you may be more accustom to seeing the trademark fadora hat and a press conference given there about an attempted coup. he came in just at the end of it here but there were a couple of lines i can tell you. we foiled a coup attempt and planned since yesterday it was a group of soldiers. we have arrested some of those involved he said. there were human losses. so obviously some deaths in the attempted coup. and he also said we understand beforehand that his former vice president, that is reca-machar is