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    The 2003 Mauritanian coup d'état attempt was a violent military coup attempt in Mauritania which took place on 8–9 June 2003. The coup attempt, led by...
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    presidential palace. 2003 Mauritanian coup d'état attempt: Former Major Saleh Ould Hanenna led a rebel section of the Army to attempt a coup against President...
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    September 2022, and in Niger and Gabon in 2023. The region also saw attempted coups in Niger and Sudan in 2021, Guinea–Bissau and The Gambia in 2022, and...
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    "Ex-Mauritanian president to teach at Qatar military school". Al-arabiya. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2016. "The Military Coup in Mauritania:...
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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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    The 1981 Mauritanian coup attempt was a violent coup attempt in Mauritania which took place on 16 March 1981. The coup attempt, staged by elements of...
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    The 2008 Mauritanian coup d'état was a military coup that took place in Mauritania on August 6, 2008, when President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted...
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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 2003 São Tomé and Príncipe coup d'état attempt was an attempted military coup in São Tomé and Príncipe on July 16, 2003. The coup was launched against...
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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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  • organizations as an attempted coup d'état, with some comparing it to the autogolpe of Alberto Fujimori during the 1992 Peruvian self-coup d'état Representatives...
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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 2003 Burkina Faso coup d'état attempt was an alleged plot in the landlocked African country Burkina Faso that took place in October 2003. The attempted...
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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 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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    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 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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    Tuareg and Mauritanian silversmiths have developed traditions of traditional Berber jewellery and metalwork that have been worn by Mauritanian women and...
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    demonstrations for his removal. American officials warned Chávez of a likely coup attempt, though Chávez ignored their warnings. Tensions worsened on 7 April,...
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    army disputed the results, claiming that the vote was fraudulent. The coup attempt had been rumored for several days, prompting statements of concern from...
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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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    Saleh Ould Hanenna, a former army major, led the 2003 Mauritanian coup d'état attempt in June 2003. It aimed to overthrow President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed...
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    in the aftermath of the 1981 coup d'état attempt. Dismissed and arrested in the aftermath of the 2003 coup d'état attempt. Founded in 2022. "Veteran administrator...
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  • Le Monde (in French). 2003-11-06. Retrieved 2023-10-22. Top Mauritanian politician held BBC News, 9 November 2003 Mauritania's hour postponed Archived...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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