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 |
and orchestrated a coup attempt in 1976, storming Khartoum with dissident forces led by Muhammad Nour Saad on 2 July. Their attempt to arrest Nimeiry was... 25 KB (2,514 words) - 18:22, 18 March 2024 |
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... 4 KB (261 words) - 15:49, 4 March 2024 |
1956, Sudan has witnessed a protracted series of coups d'état, totalling around 19 coup attempts, of which 7 were successful, which places Sudan as the... 26 KB (2,042 words) - 19:23, 2 February 2024 |
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... 30 KB (1,017 words) - 22:22, 17 March 2024 |
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... 192 KB (20,031 words) - 18:37, 15 March 2024 |
On 26 July 2023, a coup d'état occurred in Niger when the country's presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum, and Presidential Guard commander... 61 KB (5,467 words) - 15:40, 22 February 2024 |
The September 2021 Sudanese coup d'état attempt was a coup attempt against the Sovereignty Council of Sudan on Tuesday 21 September 2021. According to... 8 KB (566 words) - 16:41, 18 March 2024 |
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... 16 KB (1,723 words) - 22:21, 19 February 2024 |
The 1971 Ugandan coup d'état was a military coup d'état executed by the Ugandan military, led by general Idi Amin, against the government of President... 13 KB (1,287 words) - 05:46, 28 February 2024 |
A self-coup, also called an autocoup (from Spanish autogolpe) or coup from the top, is a form of coup d'état in which a nation's head, having come to... 22 KB (1,631 words) - 13:57, 25 February 2024 |
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... 12 KB (1,022 words) - 15:01, 21 February 2024 |
The 2019 Amhara Region coup d'état attempt was an attempted coup d'état against the Amhara Regional government on 22 June 2019, during which factions of... 14 KB (1,168 words) - 21:24, 5 March 2024 |
coup attempt was a coup d'état attempt on 22 November 2012 in Sudan against president Omar al-Bashir, who took power in the 1989 Sudanese coup d'état... 1 KB (92 words) - 16:40, 18 March 2024 |
1969 Sudanese coup d'état was a successful coup, led by Colonel Gaafar Nimeiry, against the government of President Ismail al-Azhari. The coup signaled the... 9 KB (772 words) - 16:34, 18 March 2024 |
A coup d'état began in Nigeria on 15 January 1966, when rebellious soldiers led by Kaduna Nzeogwu and 4 others killed 22 people including the prime minister... 18 KB (1,683 words) - 23:06, 14 February 2024 |
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... 9 KB (842 words) - 09:52, 15 November 2023 |
A coup d'état was launched in Burkina Faso on 23 January 2022. Gunfire erupted in front of the presidential residence in the Burkinabé capital Ouagadougou... 50 KB (4,316 words) - 12:02, 9 March 2024 |
1952) seized power in Sudan in a coup d'état and started the Nimeiry era, also called the May Regime, in the history of Sudan. At the conspiracy's core... 24 KB (2,950 words) - 01:14, 13 January 2024 |
On 30 August 2023, a coup d'état occurred in Gabon shortly after the announcement that incumbent president Ali Bongo Ondimba had won the general election... 55 KB (4,403 words) - 23:23, 17 March 2024 |
The 1985 Sudanese coup d'état was a military coup that occurred in Sudan on 6 April 1985. The coup was staged by a group of military officers and led by... 11 KB (948 words) - 16:35, 18 March 2024 |
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... 55 KB (4,653 words) - 00:55, 4 March 2024 |
The 2004 Sudanese coup attempt was a coup d'état attempt in Sudan in March 2004 against the president Omar al-Bashir and his cabinet, inspired by opposition... 1 KB (84 words) - 16:39, 18 March 2024 |