After years of turmoil, lower-ranking officers headed by Captain Moussa Dadis Camara took power in December 2008 in what was a widely supported and peaceful takeover. Both the European Union and the United States immediately reacted by threatening the ruling junta with a total cut-off of aid unless constitutional rule and elections were restored.
以几内亚为例。在持续多年的动荡之后，穆萨·卡马拉上校领导的下级军官在2008年12月一次广受支持的和平接管行动中夺取了执政地位。而欧盟和美国的反应却是立即威胁立足未稳的新政府，声称除非重新恢复宪法统治和选举，否则就将彻底切断各项援助。