Attempted overthrow of President Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo
1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état attempt
Date
28 February 1983
Location
Ouagadougou, Upper Volta
Result
Government victory
Belligerents
Council of Popular Salvation Communist Officers' Group
Military Committee of Recovery for National Progress
Commanders and leaders
Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo Thomas Sankara
Saye Zerbo
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]
The coup attempt on 28 February, which targeted the Council of Popular Salvation (CPS) and its leader Major Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, failed.[2]
^Manson, Katrina; Knight, James (2012). Burkina Faso. Chalfont St Peter: Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 26–27. ISBN 978-184-162-352-8.
^Rupley, Lawrence; Bangali, Lamissa; Diamitani, Boureima (2013). Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-081-088-010-8.
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