1983 Upper Voltan coup attempt
Attempted overthrow of President Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état attempt was an event that took place on 28 February 1983, in the Republic of Upper Volta (today Burkina Faso), just a few months after a previous coup d'état on 7 November 1982 by radical elements of the army against the regime of Colonel Saye Zerbo, who himself came to power in a 1980 coup against Major General Sangoulé Lamizana.[1]
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Council of Popular Salvation Communist Officers' Group | Military Committee of Recovery for National Progress | ||||||
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Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo Thomas Sankara | Saye Zerbo |
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The coup attempt on 28 February, which targeted the Council of Popular Salvation (CPS) and its leader Major Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, failed.[2]