Léopold Sédar Senghor (redirect from 1962 Senegalese coup d'état attempt) two men quickly disagreed. In December 1962, Mamadou Dia was arrested under suspicion of fomenting a coup d'état. He was held in prison for 12 years. Following... 50 KB (5,270 words) - 14:45, 4 March 2024 |
A coup d'état, often abbreviated to coup, is the overthrow of a lawful government through illegal means. If force or violence are not involved, such an... 192 KB (21,825 words) - 01:57, 14 March 2024 |
The 1981 Gambian coup d'état attempt began on 30 July 1981 and was quashed in early August following a Senegalese military intervention. The insurrection... 8 KB (752 words) - 23:51, 11 October 2023 |
Gambian coup d'état attempt broke out during the night of 30 December 2014, when gunfire erupted in the Gambian capital of Banjul. At the time of the coup attempt... 12 KB (1,116 words) - 07:01, 7 December 2023 |
A coup d'état occurred in March 2003 in the Central African Republic when the forces of General François Bozizé marched on Bangui, the country's capital... 11 KB (1,100 words) - 16:54, 3 November 2023 |
The 2008 Guinean coup d'état occurred in Guinea on 23 December 2008, shortly after the death of long-time President Lansana Conté. A junta called the... 30 KB (3,462 words) - 08:57, 23 December 2023 |
Dawda Jawara (category Leaders ousted by a coup) 400 to 800 deaths reported by the end of the coup attempt. Following the coup attempt, Jawara and Senegalese President Abdou Diouf announced the creation... 41 KB (5,179 words) - 19:39, 8 March 2024 |
Armed Forces of Senegal (redirect from Senegalese Army) Senegal is multi-ethnic, not coup-proofed, and has never attempted a coup d'état, which is a rarity in Africa. Harmonious Senegalese civil-military relations... 35 KB (1,993 words) - 09:56, 5 March 2024 |
Idi Amin (category Leaders who took power by coup) him for misappropriating army funds, so he launched the 1971 Ugandan coup d'état and declared himself president. During his years in power, Amin shifted... 115 KB (11,569 words) - 13:31, 16 March 2024 |
Mamadou Dia (category Senegalese Democratic Bloc politicians) 1910 – 25 January 2009) was a Senegalese politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Senegal from 1957 until 1962, when he was forced to resign... 16 KB (1,977 words) - 18:10, 28 September 2023 |
The Gambia (section 1981 attempted coup) head of government which he held since 1962. President Sir Dawda Jawara was re-elected five times. An attempted coup on 29 July 1981 followed a weakening... 107 KB (9,825 words) - 23:13, 18 March 2024 |
Gambia just outside the capital Banjul. During the 1981 Gambian coup d'état attempt a Senegalese military helicopter was shot down trying to recapture the station... 5 KB (667 words) - 00:45, 27 November 2023 |
Léon M'ba (category Leaders ousted by a coup) Jean-Hilaire Aubame briefly assumed the office of president through a coup d'état in February 1964, but order was restored days later when the French intervened... 48 KB (5,982 words) - 18:17, 2 December 2023 |
Camp Boiro (section Aftermath of 1970 coup attempt) After the death of Sékou Touré in 1984, the military took power in a coup d'état and released many of the political prisoners at Camp Boiro. Many of the... 25 KB (2,346 words) - 22:01, 13 March 2024 |
several units of N'Djamena's gendarmerie killed Tombalbaye during a coup. The coup d'état that terminated Tombalbaye's government received an enthusiastic... 47 KB (4,651 words) - 22:10, 19 February 2024 |
Allies in World War II was broadcast to the Japanese people, and the attempted coup d'état to prevent that from happening The Life of Na Woon-gyu (Korean:... 120 KB (10,757 words) - 20:01, 20 December 2023 |
Jacques Massu (section 1958 coup d'état) Infantry. Between October, 1930 and August, 1931, he served in the 16th Senegalese Tirailleur Regiment (16th RTS) in Cahors. He was sent to Morocco with... 16 KB (1,896 words) - 13:57, 28 February 2024 |
Mali War (category Coup-based civil wars) 2012. On 22 March 2012, President Amadou Toumani Touré was ousted in a coup d'état over his handling of the crisis, a month before a presidential election... 194 KB (16,421 words) - 02:42, 17 March 2024 |
Trump FeesMustFall Nuit debout 2016 Gabonese protests 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt 2016–17 South Korean protests Dakota Access Pipeline protests 2016... 225 KB (23,405 words) - 01:28, 19 March 2024 |
took part in the failed coup against Mathieu Kérékou in Benin in 1977, was suspected of involvement in the 1987 coup d'état that removed Thomas Sankara... 98 KB (11,569 words) - 02:03, 9 March 2024 |