The 1963 Dahomeyan coup d'état was staged on October 28, 1963, by Christophe Soglo, who took control of the Republic of Dahomey to prevent a civil war...

The 1972 Dahomeyan coup d'état was a military coup staged on 26 October 1972 by Major (later General) Mathieu Kérékou, who took control of the Republic...

The Coup Belt (French: la ceinture de coups d'État) is a modern geopolitical concept and neologism which emerged during the 2020s to describe the region...

exiled political opponents of Olympio, formed a new government. 1963 Dahomeyan coup d'état: Christophe Soglo took control of the Republic of Dahomey (later...

and culturally, and it was safer to film there than in Haiti. 1963 Dahomeyan coup d'état Sahel-Benin Union Le Vine, Victor T. (2004). Politics in Francophone...

This is a list of coups d'état and coup attempts by country, listed in chronological order. A coup is an attempt to illegally overthrow the government...

and became its chief of staff under President Hubert Maga. On October 28, 1963, Soglo took control of the country to prevent a civil war. Soglo had previously...

independence, from 1961 to 1963 he was an aide-de-camp to Dahomeyan President Hubert Maga. Following Maurice Kouandété's coup d'état in December 1967, Kérékou...

was sentenced to death in absentia. On 16 January 1977 an attempted coup d'état took place in Benin with a group of armed men led by renowned French mercenary...

original on 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2021-07-28. "Army Takes Power in Dahomey Coup", The Washington Post, p. A22, 27 October 1972, retrieved 2008-12-24. Akyeampong...

became Civil Service Minister in February 1962. In the wake of the 1963 Dahomeyan coup d'état, Oké was arrested for attempting to restore Maga to the presidency...

Christophe Soglo, the military officer who took control of Dahomey in a coup d'état two months earlier, forced the resignation of former president Hubert...

E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Lists References 1963 Dahomeyan coup d'état Dahomey at the 1972 Summer Olympics Benin at the 1980 Summer Olympics...

Maga's Ethnic Group of the North (later the Dahomeyan Democratic Movement), which merged into the Dahomeyan Democratic Rally in 1957, received little support...

and song officer". In Dahomeyan coups in 1963 and 1965, Alley urged General Christophe Soglo to seize power. After the 1965 coup, Soglo promoted Alley...

Ahomadégbé on May 7, 1972. On October 26, 1972, he was overthrown in a coup d'état led by Mathieu Kérékou. All three remained under house arrest until 1981...

technical consultant to the Office of the Presidency. After the 1972 Dahomeyan coup d'état she served as a diplomat in France, the United States, and as ambassador...

Adrien Degbey (10 May 1918 – 14 April 1971) was a Dahomeyan politician. Adrien Degbey was born on 10 May 1918 in Dogbo in French Dahomey (now known as...

Military Council for Justice and Democracy, established after the 2005 coup d'état to organize a consultation to address the 1980s revocations of nationality...