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    The 1972 Moroccan coup attempt was an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate King Hassan II of Morocco on 16 August 1972. The attempted coup d'état occurred...
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  • Moroccan coup d'état attempt may refer to: 1971 Moroccan coup attempt, led by Lieutenant-Colonel M'hamed Ababou and General Mohamed Medbouh, attack on...
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    The 1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt, popularly known as the Skhirat coup d'état (Arabic: محاولة انقلاب الصخيرات, French: Coup d'état de Skhirat), was...
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    Mohamed Oufkir (category Moroccan Berber politicians)
    failed 1972 Moroccan coup attempt. Mohamed Oufkir was a native of Aïn Chaïr [fr], in the Tafilalt region, the stronghold of high Atlas Moroccan Berbers...
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    Communist Party. Any attempts that may have been made at the coup ultimately failed. 1971 Moroccan coup attempt: A coup attempt was organized by General...
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  • 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...
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  • military coups since independence from France in 1960, with the most recent having occurred in 2010. In between, there were also several coup attempts, the...
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    1972 a faction loyal to Ange Diawara attempted a coup against President Marien Ngouabi. Joachim Yhombi-Opango was instrumental in ending the coup. The...
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  • Human rights in Morocco Sand War 1965 Moroccan riots Mehdi Ben Barka 1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt 1972 Moroccan coup d'état attempt Green March and...
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    organizations as attempts to disrupt constitutional order in the country, and by information minister Chernor Bah as an "attempted coup". The attacks came...
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    The 1976 Nigerian coup d'état attempt was a military coup attempt which took place in Nigeria on 13 February 1976 when a faction of Armed Forces officers...
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    target of two failed coups d'état in 1971 and in 1972. Hassan's conservative approach reportedly strengthened his rule over Morocco and the Western Sahara...
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    The 1990 Nigerian coup d'état attempt was a military coup attempt which took place in Nigeria on 22 April 1990 when a faction of Armed Forces officers...
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  • Armed Forces attempted to overthrow the ruling military junta led by Ibrahim Traoré, which came to power a year earlier. In a previous coup in January 2022...
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  • The 1982 Kenyan coup d'état attempt was a failed attempt to overthrow President Daniel arap Moi's government. At 3 A.M. on Sunday, 1 August 1982, a group...
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    1964 Gabonese coup d'état 2023 Gabonese coup d'état History of Gabon "Gabon's Bongo names new prime minister after thwarted coup attempt". Reuters. 12...
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  • The 1977 Benin coup d'état attempt, Opération Crevette or Operation Shrimp was a failed attempt by a team of French-led mercenaries to overthrow the government...
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    President of Guinea Alpha Condé was captured by the country's armed forces in a coup d'état after gunfire in the capital, Conakry. Special forces commander Mamady...
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    planned to take place in November 2021. In September 2021, a military coup attempt was thwarted by the government. According to the Minister of Information...
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    The 1978 Somali coup d'état attempt was a violent military coup attempt that took place in Somalia (then Somali Democratic Republic) on 9 April 1978,...
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    Bongo was re-elected in an election in 2016 which prompted a failed coup attempt in 2019. During the rule of the Bongo family the country had been plagued...
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    Gambian coup attempt was a military coup d'état attempt which took place in The Gambia on 20 December 2022. Reportedly, some soldiers attempted to overthrow...
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    A coup d'état was attempted in Guinea-Bissau on 1 February 2022. A few hours later, president Umaro Sissoco Embaló declared the coup over, he said that...
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  • Mohamed Amekrane (category Moroccan military personnel)
    1973) was a Moroccan air force officer who was executed after the 1972 coup attempt against King Hassan II of Morocco, known as the "coup of the aviators"...
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    The 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt, also known as the Wonga Coup, failed to replace President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo with exiled opposition...
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    The 2021 Nigerien coup d'etat attempt occurred on 31 March at around 3 am WAT (2 am UTC) after gunfire erupted in the streets of Niamey, the capital of...
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    creation of a "Republic of Morocco" and for the removal or toppling of the Moroccan monarchy through a popular revolution. The Moroccan authorities continue...
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    Three F-5As were involved in the failed 1972 Moroccan coup attempt, attacking King Hassan II of Morocco's Boeing 727 in mid-air, before strafing and...
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  • An attempted coup d'état occurred in Cameroon in 1984, when presidential palace guards unsuccessfully tried to overthrow President Paul Biya. The fighting...
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    the jurisdiction of the interior ministry. In 2022, Embaló survived a coup attempt against him that left 11 people dead, which prompted him to dissolve...
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