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    until his death on 22 December 2008. Conté came to power in the 1984 Guinean coup d'état. Born in Moussayah Loumbaya (Dubréka), a member of the Susu ethnic...
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    coup d'état: In late January, the Burkinabé military staged a coup against Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. 2022 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état attempt: A coup...
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    Home Council, attempted a coup d'état against state institutions, including the government and president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. They attempted to seize control...
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    Guinea's membership in response to the coup. 1984 Guinean coup d'état 2008 Guinean coup d'état 2019–2020 Guinean protests 2010 Nigerien coup d'état 2020...
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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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  • 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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  • The 1996 Iraqi coup d'état attempt was a coup d'état attempt against president Saddam Hussein and his regime, as part of a wave of attacks and assassination...
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    The 1996 Qatari coup d'état attempt was an attempted coup in Qatar against Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani that was foiled on the night of February 14...
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  • 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...
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    The Venezuelan coup attempt of February 1992 was an attempt to seize control of the government of Venezuela by the Hugo Chávez-led Revolutionary Bolivarian...
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  • Coups d'état, coup attempts and coup plots since 2010 include: Coup d'état List of coups and coup attempts List of coups and coup attempts by country List...
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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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    Chadian coup d'état attempt was an attempted coup d'état against Chadian President Idriss Déby that was foiled on the night of March 14, 2006. The coup involved...
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    The 1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état happened on August 3, 1979, when President Francisco Macías Nguema's nephew, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, overthrew...
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  • The 1995 Azerbaijani coup d'état attempt, also known as the Turkish coup in Baku, was a coup d'état attempt by members of the Azerbaijani military, led...
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    The 1984 Guinean coup d'état was the bloodless military coup that took place in Guinea on 3 April 1984, led by Colonel Lansana Conté. It led to the deposition...
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    body. Since independence from Portugal in 1974, Guinea-Bissau has had at least 10 attempted coups or coups, and only a single democratically elected president...
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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 1996 Paraguayan coup d'état attempt was an attempted coup d'état in Paraguay that took place between 22 April and 25 April 1996 with the purpose of...
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    In April 2019, the military (including the RSF) ousted al-Bashir in a coup d'état, ending his three decades of rule; the army established the Transitional...
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    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...
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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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    The 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, also known as the August Coup, was a failed attempt by hardliners of the Soviet Union's Communist Party to forcibly...
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    The 2006 Thai coup d'état took place on 19 September 2006, when the Royal Thai Army staged a coup d'état against the elected caretaker government of Prime...
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  • 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...
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    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 National...
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    detention." 2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état 2021 Guinean coup d'état 2021 Malian coup d'état January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état "Guinea-Bissau launches...
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    A failed coup d'état on 11 April 2002 saw the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, ousted from office for 47 hours before being restored to power. Chávez...
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  • Mali portal 1968 Malian coup d'état 1991 Malian coup d'état 2020 in Mali 2020 Malian protests List of coups d'état and coup attempts since 2010 "Mali suspended...
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    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...
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