The military takeover in Burkina Faso on Friday was the latest in a long series of coups d’état in Africa over the past decade.
– 2012 –
mali
On March 22, the military overthrew the regime of Amadou Toumani Touré. A “National Committee for the Recovery of Democracy and State Restoration”, headed by Captain Amadou Haya Sanogo, dissolved the institutions.
Guinea Bissau
On April 12, a military coup interrupted the electoral process two weeks before the second round of presidential elections. The putschists, led by General Antonio Indjai, ousted President Pereira and Prime Minister Gomes Junior.
– 2013 –
Central African Republic
In March, Seleka rebels, essentially Muslims, took the capital Bangui, ousting François Bozizé, in power for 10 years. Its boss, Michel Djotodia, proclaimed himself president. The country then sank into a political and security crisis that mainly opposes Christian and animist militias, the anti-balaka, and the Seleka.
Egypt
On July 3, after large demonstrations demanding the departure of Mohamed Morsi, elected in 2012, the army removed him and arrested him.
– 2015 –
Burkina Faso
On September 17, less than a year after the fall of Blaise Compaoré, ousted from power by a popular uprising, President Michel Kafando was overthrown in a coup led by an elite army unit. He regained his duties a week later, following an agreement between loyal soldiers and coup plotters.
– 2017 –
Zimbabwe
On November 21, President Robert Mugabe, the oldest leader on the planet at 93, resigned under pressure from the army, his party and the population, after a week of crisis.
– 2019 –
Sudan
On April 11, Omar Al Bashir, in power for 30 years, was ousted by the army after four months of popular protests. A transitional council was created and a civilian prime minister took office.
– 2020 –
mali
On August 18, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was deposed after several months of political crisis. The military coup gave rise to international sanctions, lifted after the formation on 5 October of a transitional government for an 18-month period to return power to civilians.
– 2021-
Chad:
On April 20, the day after the death of President Idriss Déby Itno, a transitional military council chaired by the late president’s son, Mahamat Idriss Déby, until then head of the powerful Presidential Guard, dissolved the government and the National Assembly. He promised new institutions after “free and democratic” elections in a year and a half.
An “inclusive national dialogue” was supposed to start on February 15, 2022, but has been delayed, mainly because rebel groups that carry out regular attacks against the government are slow to take a united position in negotiations with the military junta.
mali
On May 24, the military arrested the president and prime minister, after appointing a new transitional government that they didn’t like. Colonel Assimi Goita was sworn in in June as transitional president.
The junta first assured that it would return power to civilians in early 2022. It then proposed prolonging the transition for several years.
guinea
On September 5, President Alpha Condé was overthrown in a military coup. The putschists, led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, promise a national “consultation” aimed at a political transition to a “government of national unity”.
Sudan
On October 25, the military arrested civilian leaders of the transition authorities, triggering massive demonstrations against the new coup, led by General Abdel Fatah al-Burhan, whose repression left dozens dead.
2022
Burkina Faso
On January 24, uniformed soldiers announce on national television that they have seized power, promising to “return to constitutional order” within a “reasonable period of time”.
On September 30, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba is overthrown by soldiers and replaced at the head of the military junta by Ibrahim Traoré.
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