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    to the diplomatic isolation and attempts to destabilize Benin economically, decided to organize an attempted coup d'état. This was Operation Shrimp, entrusted...
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    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...
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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 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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    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 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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    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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    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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    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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    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...
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    A coup d'état took place in Burkina Faso on 30 September 2022, removing Interim President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba over his alleged inability to deal...
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    of the government. “France condemns in the strongest terms the attempted coup d’état," he said, adding that France supports the transitional government...
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    1968 Malian coup d'état 1991 Malian coup d'état 2012 Malian coup d'état 2020 in Mali 2020 Malian protests List of coups d'état and coup attempts since 2010...
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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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  • 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...
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    The 1960 Ethiopian coup d'etat attempt (Amharic: የታህሳሱ ግርግር) was perpetrated against Emperor Haile Selassie on 13 December 1960. The Council of the Revolution...
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    city. The next day, the ZDF issued a statement saying that it was not a coup d'état and that President Mugabe was safe, although the situation would return...
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    Seychelles coup d'état attempt, sometimes referred to as the Seychelles affair or Operation Angela, was a failed South African–orchestrated coup to overthrow...
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    The 1973 Rwandan coup d'état, also known as the Coup d'état of 5 July (French: Coup d'état du 5 Juillet), was a military coup staged by Juvénal Habyarimana...
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    portal 1968 Malian coup d'état 1991 Malian coup d'état 2020 Malian coup d'état 2021 Malian coup d'état List of coups d'état and coup attempts since 2010 Schneider...
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    other leaders of the coup and would charge them with mutiny. On 13 May 2015, Major General Godefroid Niyombare declared a coup d'état, announcing on radio...
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    The 1963 Togolese coup d'état was a military coup that occurred in the West African country of Togo on 13 January 1963. The coup leaders — notably Emmanuel...
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    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...
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    The 1975 Nigerian coup d'état was a bloodless military coup which took place in Nigeria on 29 July 1975 when a faction of junior Armed Forces officers...
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    An attempted coup d'etat in Burundi took place between 18–19 October 1965, when a group of ethnic Hutu officers from the Burundian military and gendarmerie...
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    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...
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    Algerian coup d'état brought Colonel Houari Boumédiène to power as Chairman of the Revolutionary Council in Algeria. The bloodless coup d'état saw Algeria's...
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    1980 Liberian coup d'état happened on April 12, 1980, when President William Tolbert was overthrown and murdered in a violent coup. The coup was staged by...
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  • A coup d'état occurred in Niger on 18 February 2010. Soldiers attacked the presidential palace in Niamey under weapons fire at midday and captured President...
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    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 the...
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