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On 21 November, the coup ended with the resignation of Robert Mugabe. [45] [46] 2017 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt: 27 – 28 December 2017: Attempt Equatorial Guinea: Unknown: President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo [47] [48] 2019 Gabonese coup d'état attempt: 7 January 2019: Attempt Gabon: Lt. Kelly Ondo Obiang: President Ali Bongo Ondimba
1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état: Government of Equatorial Guinea: Supreme Military Council: Defeat. Coup attempt successful; Francisco Macías Nguema is imprisoned and executed on September 29, 1979; 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt: Equatorial Guinea: Private mercenaries Victory. Coup plot fails; Coup plotters arrested in ...
Map of Equatorial Guinea. On 7 March 2004 Zimbabwean police in Harare airport impounded a plane which flew in from South Africa. [2] The alleged plot leader, ex-Special Air Service (SAS) officer Simon Mann, [3] was arrested with two colleagues near the runway while waiting for arms to be loaded on a Boeing 727 (N4610), carrying three crew and 64 former soldiers recruited in South Africa. [4]
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 a country's government. Scholars generally consider a coup successful when the usurpers are able to maintain control of the government for at least seven days. [1]
1980 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état: Prime Minister and commander of the armed forces, João Bernardo Vieira, overthrew the government. 1980 Surinamese coup d'état (also known as the Sergeants' Coup): A group of military officers, led by Dési Bouterse, overthrew the government of Prime Minister Henck Arron. The coup began a military dictatorship ...
The recent coups in Africa are attempts by militaries to save their countries from presidents' “broken promises," the head of Guinea’s junta said Thursday as he rebuffed the West for boxing in ...
Pages in category "Military coups in Equatorial Guinea" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
It estimated Guinea's 2008 coup and one in Mali in 2012 wiped a combined $12-$13.5 billion off the two countries' economies over a 5-year period. ... "Coups, in general, in Africa or anywhere else ...