2001 Central African Republic coup attempt information
2001 Central African Republic coup d'état attempt
Date
27–28 May – mid–June, 2001
Location
Bangui
Result
Coup fails
Military is divided between pro-Patassé and pro-Bozizé factions
Loyalists kill hundreds of ethnic Yakomas in Bangui
50,000 residents flee Bangui[4]
Belligerents
Government of Central African Republic 100 Libyan troops[1] Chadian troops[2] Congolese rebels[3]
Army faction
Commanders and leaders
Ange-Felix Patasse Abel Abrou † Francois N'Djadder Bedaya †
Francois Bozize
Casualties and losses
At least 59 killed in initial coup attempt.[5] Around 300 Yakoma civilians murdered following coup[6]
On the night of 27–28 May 2001 a coup attempt was carried out by commandos of the Central African Armed Forces who attempted to overthrow Ange-Félix Patassé. The coup attempt failed, but violence continued in the capital over the following days.[7]
The coup was sponsored by André Kolingba and had the effect of dividing the country's armed forces into two opposing camps: one that supported Patassé and the other that supported François Bozizé.[8] While the coup failed, the Central African chief of staff Abel Abrou and general Francois N'Djadder Bedaya were killed.[9]
^International Crisis Group. "Central African Republic: Anatomy of a Phantom State" (PDF). CrisisGroup.org. International Crisis Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
^BBC (20 April 2011). "Central African Republic profile - Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
^BBC (20 April 2011). "Central African Republic profile - Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
^International Crisis Group. "Central African Republic: Anatomy of a Phantom State" (PDF). CrisisGroup.org. International Crisis Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
^BBC (20 April 2011). "Central African Republic profile - Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
^International Crisis Group. "Central African Republic: Anatomy of a Phantom State" (PDF). CrisisGroup.org. International Crisis Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
^International Crisis Group. "Central African Republic: Anatomy of a Phantom State" (PDF). CrisisGroup.org. International Crisis Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
^"Colonialism, Coups and Conflict: Understanding Today's Violence in the Central African Republic". 2 February 2015.
^Compilation of the information available in the Global IDP Database of the Norwegian Refugee Council. Norwegian Refugee Council/Global IDP Project. 2005.
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Government of Central African Republic
100 Libyan troops[1]
Chadian troops[2]