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    The 1972 Moroccan coup attempt was an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate King Hassan II of Morocco on 16 August 1972. The attempted coup d'état occurred...
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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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  • Moroccan coup d'état attempt may refer to: 1971 Moroccan coup attempt, led by Lieutenant-Colonel M'hamed Ababou and General Mohamed Medbouh, attack on...
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    18 months in power. 1972 Moroccan coup attempt El Tanquetazo in Chile: Lieutenant Colonel Roberto Souper launched a failed coup against President Salvador...
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    Mohamed Oufkir (category Moroccan Berber politicians)
    failed 1972 Moroccan coup attempt. Mohamed Oufkir was a native of Aïn Chaïr [fr], in the Tafilalt region, the stronghold of high Atlas Moroccan Berbers...
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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 a country's government...
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    clashes (2020–present) July 10, 1971 1971 Moroccan coup attempt August 16, 1972 1972 Moroccan coup attempt April 11, 2002 – ongoing Insurgency in the...
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  • Human rights in Morocco Sand War 1965 Moroccan riots Mehdi Ben Barka 1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt 1972 Moroccan coup d'état attempt Tazmamart Green...
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    powers. Between 1946 and the beginning of 2021, an estimated 148 self-coup attempts took place, 110 in autocracies and 38 in democracies.  Roman Republic:...
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    1972 a faction loyal to Ange Diawara attempted a coup against President Marien Ngouabi. Joachim Yhombi-Opango was instrumental in ending the coup. The...
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  • promised an end of hunger for her family in return for assisting in the coup attempt; others were purely politically motivated. Security forces stated that...
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    On 19 May 2024, an attempted coup d'état took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Targeting President Félix Tshisekedi and his Economy...
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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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  • 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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  • The 1982 Kenyan coup attempt was a failed attempt to overthrow President Daniel arap Moi's government on 1 August. Led by Kenya Air Force private Hezekiah...
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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 coup attempt: "Turkey opposes all attempts to illegally overthrow democratically elected governments".  Nigeria: Alluding to the coup attempt, President...
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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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    soldiers killed during the attempted coup. On 16 August 1972, during a second coup attempt, six F-5 military jets from the Royal Moroccan Air Force opened fire...
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    The 2021 Nigerien coup d'etat attempt occurred on 31 March at around 3 am WAT (2 am UTC) after gunfire erupted in the streets of Niamey, the capital of...
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    Three F-5As were involved in the failed 1972 Moroccan coup attempt, attacking King Hassan II of Morocco's Boeing 727 in mid-air, before strafing and...
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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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    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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    creation of a "Republic of Morocco" and for the removal or toppling of the Moroccan monarchy through a popular revolution. The Moroccan authorities continue...
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  • The 2019 Amhara Region coup d'état attempt was an attempted coup d'état against the Amhara Regional government on 22 June 2019, during which factions...
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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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    The 2001 Burundian coup d'état attempt was a bloodless military coup attempt by a group of junior Tutsi Army officers that took place in Burundi on 18...
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    the jurisdiction of the interior ministry. In 2022, Embaló survived a coup attempt against him that left 11 people dead, which prompted him to dissolve...
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    The 2011 Nigerien coup attempt, taking place in a two-day period from July 12 through July 13, was a failed coup d'état against democratically elected...
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