Military conflict – Coup

Captain Ibrahim Traoré sitting in a brown leather chair with two armed guards in the background

Ibrahim Traore (1988-)

On September 30, 2022, Captain Ibrahim Traore led a military coup in Burkina Faso, overthrowing the government of Paul-Henry Sandaogo Damiba....
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February 1st, 2023

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Mamady Doumbouya (1980- )

On October 1, 2021, Mamady Doumbouya was sworn in as the interim president of Guinea. This was after the former...
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May 11th, 2022

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Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junking Jammeh (1965- )

Image Ownership: Public Domain Yahya Jammeh is a Gambian politician and former military officer who was the second president of...
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July 23rd, 2017

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Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat (1918-1981)

Muhammad Anwar al-Sadat, third President of post-independence Egypt (governing from 1970 to 1981), was born of peasant background in the...
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January 27th, 2011

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Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir (1944- )

Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir (or Umar Hassan Ahmad el-Bashir) became president of Sudan in 1993 but first gained military power...
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August 16th, 2009

Chinua Achebe (1930-2013)

Chinua Achebe of Nigeria was one of the most famous 20th Century African writers.  He published his first novel Things...
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March 29th, 2009

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Charles M. Taylor (1948- )

Charles McArthur Taylor, born on January 28, 1948, in Arthington, Liberia, served as the president of Liberia from August 2,...
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March 29th, 2009