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The 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt, also known as the Wonga Coup, [1] failed to replace President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo with exiled opposition politician Severo Moto Nsá. Mercenaries organised by mainly British financiers were arrested in Zimbabwe on 7 March 2004 before they could carry out the plot.
The 1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état happened on August 3, 1979, when President Francisco Macías Nguema's nephew, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, overthrew him in a bloody coup. Fighting between loyalists and rebels continued until Macías Nguema was captured fleeing for Cameroon on August 18.
The 2017 Equatoguinean coup attempt was the failed coup d'état in Equatorial Guinea by foreign mercenaries against President Teodoro Obiang Nguema's government. The coup attempt began on December 24, when foreign mercenaries hailing from the countries of Chad, Sudan, and the Central African Republic (CAR) infiltrated Kye Ossi, Ebibeyin, Mongomo, Bata and Malabo, aiming to attack the president ...
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 ...
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 ...
3 August – Dictator Francisco Macías Nguema of Equatorial Guinea was overthrown in a bloody coup d'état led by his nephew, Teodoro Obiang [2]; 18 August – Ousted dictator Francisco Macías Nguema is captured near his home village of Mongomo.
The alleged coup planned for Equatorial Guinea is the subject of the film Coup!, written by John Fortune. Mann is played by Jared Harris, with Robert Bathurst as Mark Thatcher. It was broadcast on BBC Two on 30 June 2006 and on ABC in Australia on 21 January 2008. [56]