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Do not fill this in! {{Navbox |name = African coups d'état |title = [[Coup d'état|Coups d'état]] in Africa since 1960 |state = {{{state<includeonly>|collapsed</includeonly>}}} |bodyclass = hlist |nowrapitems = yes |group1 = 1960s | list1 = * [[Dissolution of the Lumumba Government|Republic of the Congo (1960)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1960 Ethiopian coup attempt|Ethiopia (1960)]] * [[Coup of Gitarama|Rwanda (1961)]] * [[Algiers putsch of 1961|French Algeria (1961)]] * [[1961 revolt in Somalia|Somalia (1961)]] * [[1962 Senegalese coup attempt|Senegal (1962)]] * [[1962 Algerian crisis|Algeria (1962)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1963 Dahomeyan coup d'état|Dahomey (1963)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1963 Togolese coup d'état|Togo (1963)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1964 Gabonese coup d'état|Gabon (1964)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1965 Algerian coup d'état|Algeria (1965)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1965 Dahomeyan coup d'état|Dahomey (1965)]] * [[1965 Burundian coup attempt|Burundi (1965)]] * [[Congo Crisis#Second Mobutu coup d'état|Democratic Republic of the Congo (1965)]] * [[Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état|Central African Republic (1965–66)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[July 1966 Burundian coup d'état|Burundi (July 1966)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[November 1966 Burundian coup d'état|Burundi (November 1966)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1966 Ghanaian coup d'état|Ghana (1966)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état|Upper Volta (1966)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1966 Nigerian coup d'état|Nigeria (January 1966)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1966 Nigerian counter-coup|Nigeria (July 1966)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1966 Republic of the Congo coup attempt|Republic of the Congo (1966)]] * [[1967 Dahomeyan coup d'état|Dahomey (1967)]] * [[Operation Guitar Boy|Ghana (1967)]] * [[1967 Togolese coup d'état|Togo (1967)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1967 Algerian coup attempt|Algeria (1967)]] * [[Sergeants' Coup (Sierra Leone)|Sierra Leone (1968)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1968 Malian coup d'état|Mali (1968)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1968 Republic of the Congo coup d'état|Republic of the Congo (1968)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1969 Dahomeyan coup d'état|Dahomey (1969)]] * [[1969 Sudanese coup d'état|Sudan (1969)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1969 Libyan coup d'état|Libya (September 1969)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1969 Somali coup d'état|Somalia (1969)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1969 Libyan coup attempt|Libya (December 1969)]] |group2 = 1970s | list2 = * [[1970 Lesotho coup d'état|Lesotho (1970)]]<sup>‡c</sup> * [[1971 Ugandan coup d'état|Uganda (1971)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1971 Moroccan coup attempt|Morocco (1971)]] * [[1971 Sudanese coup d'état|Sudan (1971)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1972 Dahomeyan coup d'état|Dahomey (1972)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[National Redemption Council|Ghana (1972)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1972 Moroccan coup attempt|Morocco (1972)]] * [[1972 Republic of the Congo coup attempt|Republic of the Congo (1972)]] * [[1973 Rwandan coup d'état|Rwanda (1973)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1974 Upper Voltan coup d'état|Upper Volta (1974)]]<sup>‡</sup> * [[Arube uprising|Uganda (1974)]] * [[1974 Nigerien coup d'état|Niger (1974)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1974 Ethiopian coup d'état|Ethiopia (1974)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1975 Comorian coup d'état|Comoros (1975)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1975 Sudanese coup attempt|Sudan (1975)]] * [[1975 Libyan coup attempt|Libya (1975)]] * [[1975 Nigerian coup d'état|Nigeria (1975)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1975 Chadian coup d'état|Chad (1975)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1976 Comorian coup d'état|Comoros (1976)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1976 Burundian coup d'état|Burundi (1976)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1976 Nigerian coup attempt|Nigeria (1976)]] * [[1976 Sudanese coup attempt|Sudan (1976)]] * [[1977 Benin coup attempt|Benin (1977)]] * [[1977 Seychelles coup d'état|Seychelles (1977)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1977 Sudan Juba coup attempt|Sudan (1977)]] * [[Operation Mafuta Mingi|Uganda (June 1977)]] * [[1977 Angolan coup attempt|Angola (1977)]] * [[1978 Somali coup attempt|Somalia (1978)]] * [[1978 Comorian coup d'état|Comoros (1978)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[Supreme Military Council (Ghana)|Ghana (1978)]]<sup>‡c</sup> * [[1978 Mauritanian coup d'état|Mauritania (1978)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1979 Mauritanian coup d'état|Mauritania (1979)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[June 4th revolution in Ghana|Ghana (1979)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état|Equatorial Guinea (1979)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[Operation Caban|Central African Republic (1979)]]<sup>c</sup> |group3 = 1980s | list3 = * [[1980 Mauritanian coup d'état|Mauritania (1980)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1980 Liberian coup d'état|Liberia (1980)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1980 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état|Guinea-Bissau (1980)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1980 Upper Volta coup d'état|Upper Volta (1980)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1981 Mauritanian coup attempt|Mauritania (1981)]] * [[1981 Gambian coup attempt|Gambia (1981)]] * [[1981 Central African Republic coup d'état|Central African Republic (1981)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1981 Ghanaian coup d'état|Ghana (1981)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1981 Seychelles coup attempt|Seychelles (1981)]] * [[1982 Central African Republic coup attempt|Central African Republic (1982)]] * [[1982 Kenyan coup attempt|Kenya (1982)]] * [[1982 Upper Voltan coup d'état|Upper Volta (1982)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1983 Upper Voltan coup attempt|Upper Volta (February 1983)]] * [[1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état|Upper Volta (August 1983)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1983 Nigerian coup d'état|Nigeria (1983)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1984 Mauritanian coup d'état|Mauritania (1984)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1984 Cameroonian coup attempt|Cameroon (1984)]] * [[1984 Guinean coup d'état|Guinea (1984)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1985 Ugandan coup d'état|Uganda (1985)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1985 Nigerian coup d'état|Nigeria (1985)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1985 Sudanese coup d'état|Sudan (1985)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1985 Guinean coup attempt|Guinea (1985)]] * [[1985 Liberian coup attempt|Liberia (1985)]] * [[1986 Lesotho coup d'état|Lesotho (1986)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1986 Togolese coup attempt|Togo (1986)]] * [[1987 Burkina Faso coup d'état|Burkina Faso (1987)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1987 Burundian coup d'état|Burundi (1987)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1987 Republic of the Congo coup attempt|Republic of the Congo (1987)]] * [[1987 Tunisian coup d'état|Tunisia (1987)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1987 Transkei coup d'état| Transkei (1987)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1988 Benin coup attempt|Benin (1988)]] * [[1988 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt|São Tomé and Príncipe (1988)]] * [[1989 Burkina Faso coup attempt|Burkina Faso (1989)]] * [[1989 Ethiopian coup attempt|Ethiopia (1989)]] * [[1989 Chadian coup attempt|Chad (1989)]] * [[1989 Sudanese coup d'état|Sudan (1989)]]<sup>c</sup> |group4 = 1990s | list4 = * [[1990 Sudanese coup attempt|Sudan (1990)]] * [[1990 Nigerian coup attempt|Nigeria (1990)]] * [[1990 Zambian coup attempt|Zambia (1990)]] * [[1990 Chadian coup d'état|Chad (1990)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1990 Ciskei coup d'état| Ciskei (1990)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1990 Venda coup d'état| Venda (1990)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1991 Malian coup d'état|Mali (1991)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1991 Lesotho coup d'état|Lesotho (1991)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1992 Sudanese coup attempt|Suadn (1992)]] * [[1992 Sierra Leonean coup d'état|Sierra Leone (1992)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1992 Algerian coup d'état|Algeria (1992)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1992 Sierra Leonean coup d'état attempt|Sierra Leone (December 1992)]] * [[1993 Burundian coup attempt|Burundi (1993)]] * [[1993 Libyan coup attempt|Libya (1993)]] * [[1993 Nigerian coup d'état|Nigeria (1993)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1994 Bophuthatswana crisis| Bophuthatswana (1994)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1994 Gambian coup d'état|Gambia (1994)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1994 Lesotho coup d'état|Lesotho (1994)]]<sup>‡c</sup> * [[1994 Liberian coup attempt|Liberia (1994)]] * [[Operation Azalee|Comoros (1995)]] * [[1995 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt|São Tomé and Príncipe (1995)]] * [[1996 Sierra Leonean coup d'état|Sierra Leone (1996)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1996 Guinean coup attempt|Guinea (1996)]] * [[1996 Burundian coup d'état|Burundi (1996)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1996 Nigerien coup d'état|Niger (1996)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1996 Sierra Leonean coup d'état attempt|Sierra Leone (August 1996)]] * [[1997 Zambian coup attempt|Zambia (1997)]] * [[1997 Sierra Leonean coup d'état|Sierra Leone (1997)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1998 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt|Guinea-Bissau (1998)]] * [[1998 Republic of the Congo coup d'état attempt|Republic of the Congo (1998)]] * [[1999 Nigerien coup d'état|Niger (1999)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[1999 Ivorian coup d'état|Côte d'Ivoire (1999)]]<sup>c</sup> |group5 = 2000s | list5 = * [[2001 Ivorian coup attempt|Côte d'Ivoire (2001)]] * [[2001 Burundian coup attempt|Burundi (2001)]] * [[2001 Central African Republic coup attempt|Central African Republic (2001)]] * [[2002 Ivorian coup attempt|Côte d'Ivoire (2002)]] * [[2003 Central African Republic coup d'état|Central African Republic (2003)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[2003 Mauritanian coup attempt|Mauritania (2003)]] * [[2003 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état|Guinea-Bissau (2003)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[2003 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt|São Tomé and Príncipe (2003)]] * [[2003 Burkina Faso coup attempt|Burkina Faso (2003)]] * [[2004 Chadian coup attempt|Chad (2004)]] * [[2004 Sudanese coup attempt|Sudan (2004)]] * [[2004 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt|Equatorial Guinea (2004)]] * [[2004 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt|Democratic Republic of the Congo (2004)]] * [[2005 Togolese coup d'état|Togo (2005)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[2005 Mauritanian coup d'état|Mauritania (2005)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[2006 Chadian coup attempt|Chad (2006)]] * [[2006 Malagasy coup attempt|Madagascar (2006)]] * [[2008 Guinean coup d'état|Guinea (2008)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[2008 Mauritanian coup d'état|Mauritania (2008)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[2008 Omdurman attack|Sudan (2008)]] * [[2009 Malagasy political crisis|Madagascar (2009)]]<sup>c</sup> |group6 = 2010s | list6 = * [[2010 Madagascar coup attempt|Madagascar (2010)]] * [[2010 Nigerien coup d'état|Niger (2010)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[2011 Nigerien coup attempt|Niger (2011)]] * [[2011 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt|Guinea-Bissau (2011)]] * [[2012 Malian coup d'état|Mali (March 2012)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état|Guinea-Bissau (2012)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[2012 Malian counter-coup attempt|Mali (April 2012)]] * [[2012 Sudanese coup attempt|Sudan (2012)]] * [[2013 Eritrean Army mutiny|Eritrea (2013)]] * [[2013 Chadian coup attempt|Chad (2013)]] * [[2013 Egyptian coup d'état|Egypt (2013)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[2013 Libyan coup attempt|Libya (October 2013)]] * [[Battle of Bangui|Central African Republic (2013)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[2014 Libyan coup attempts|Libya (2014)]] * [[2014 Lesotho political crisis|Lesotho (2014)]] * [[2014 Gambian coup attempt|The Gambia (2014)]] * [[2015 Burundian coup attempt|Burundi (2015)]] * [[2015 Burkina Faso coup d'état|Burkina Faso (2015)]] * [[2016 Burkina Faso coup attempt|Burkina Faso (2016)]] * [[2016–17 West Libya clashes|Libya (2016)]] * [[2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état|Zimbabwe (2017)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[2019 Gabonese coup attempt|Gabon (2019)]] * [[2019 Sudanese coup d'état|Sudan (2019)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[Amhara Region coup attempt|Ethiopia (2019)]] |group7 = 2020s | list7 = * [[2020 Malian coup d'état|Mali (2020)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[Battle of Bangui (2021)|Central African Republic (2021)]] * [[2021 Nigerien coup attempt|Niger (2021)]] * [[2021 Malian coup d'état|Mali (2021)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[2021 Tunisian self-coup|Tunisia (2021)]]{{smallsup|‡}}<sup>c</sup> * [[2021 Guinean coup d'état|Guinea (2021)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[September 2021 Sudanese coup attempt|Sudan (September 2021)]] * [[2021 Sudanese coup d'état|Sudan (October 2021)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état|Burkina Faso (January 2022)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[2022 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt|Guinea-Bissau (2022)]] * [[September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état|Burkina Faso (September 2022)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[2022 São Tomé and Príncipe coup attempt|São Tomé and Príncipe (2022)]] * [[2022 Gambian coup attempt|Gambia (2022)]] * [[Sudanese civil war (2023–present)|Sudan (2023)]] * [[2023 Nigerien coup d'état|Niger (2023)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[2023 Gabonese coup d'état|Gabon (2023)]]<sup>c</sup> * [[2023 Burkina Faso coup attempt|Burkina Faso (2023)]] * [[2023 Sierra Leone coup attempt|Sierra Leone (2023)]] * [[2023 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt|Guinea-Bissau (2023)]] * [[2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt|Democratic Republic of the Congo (2024)]] |below = * <sup>c</sup>: successful coup * <sup>‡</sup> [[self-coup]] * no sign for ''attempted coup'' }}<noinclude> {{documentation|content= {{Collapsible option|default=collapsed}} [[Category:Africa politics and government templates]] [[Category:Coups d'état navigational boxes]] }}</noinclude> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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