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Timeline of coups d’état in Africa (2015-2023)
2023
August 30 – Gabon
On August 30, 2023, Army officers appeared on national television in Gabon to say they had taken power.
They said they were annulling the results of the election, in which President Ali Bongo was declared the winner.
The electoral commission said Mr Bongo had won just under two-thirds of the votes in an election the opposition argued was fraudulent.
His overthrow would end his family’s 53-year hold on power in Gabon.
July 26 – Niger
Men in military fatigues took over power in Niger after members of the presidential guard reportedly seized President Mohamed Bazoum on July 26, 2023.
April 15 – Failed Sudan Coup
2022
- September 30 – Burkina Faso
- February 1 – Failed Guinea-Bissau Coup
- January 24 – Burkina Faso
2021
- October 25 – Sudan
- September 21 – Failed Sudan Coup
- September 5 – Guinea
- May 24 – Mali
- April 20 – Chad Covert Coup
2020
- August 18 – Mali Coup
- March 31 – Failed Niger Coup
2019
- April 11 – Sudan
- January 7 – Failed Gabon Coup
2017
- December 2017 – failed Equatorial Guinea Coup
- November 14 – Zimbabwe Guardian Coup
2015
- May 13, 2015 – failed Burundi Coup
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