Soldiers of the RSP patrolling in Ouagadougou during the coup
Date
16 September 2015 – 23 September 2015
Location
Burkina Faso
Result
Coup failed
Regiment of Presidential Security dissolved by caretaker cabinet[1]
Belligerents
Regiment of Presidential Security
Government of Burkina Faso
Commanders and leaders
General Gilbert Diendéré[2]
Michel Kafando Yacouba Isaac Zida
Casualties and losses
11 killed in total
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History of Burkina Faso
Bura Bura-Asinda
Prehistoric c. 3rd–13th century
Mossi Kingdoms
c. 11th century – 1896
Kong Empire
c. 1710 – 1898
French Upper Volta
1919–1932 1947–1958
Republic
1958–1984
Burkina Faso (1984–present)
Agacher Strip War
1985
Assassination of Sankara
1987
Compaoré rule
1987–2014
Burkinabè revolution
2014
Transitional period
2014–2015
Jihadist insurgency
2015–present
Burkinabé coup d'état
2015
2015 elections and aftermath
2015–2022
January and September coup d'état
2022
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The 2015 Burkina Faso coup d'état attempt was a failed coup d'état launched on 16 September 2015 in Burkina Faso, when members of the Regiment of Presidential Security (RSP) – a controversial autonomous military unit, formed under President Blaise Compaoré – detained the country's government. Among those detained were the transitional President Michel Kafando, Prime Minister Yacouba Isaac Zida (who was also the former deputy commander of the RSP), and numerous members of the cabinet.[3] This transitional government was formed in the wake of the 2014 Burkinabé uprising, when a popular movement overthrew the long-time president Compaoré, who himself had come to power in a 1987 coup against the left-wing leader Thomas Sankara.[4] New general elections were planned for 11 October 2015.[5]
The RSP was successful in seizing control of Ouagadougou and proclaimed the establishment of a new junta, headed by General Gilbert Diendéré, to oversee the transition to new elections. The coup leaders denounced the transitional government's electoral law, which barred supporters of Compaoré from participating in the elections, and promised to allow all prospective candidates to run. However, the junta failed to consolidate its authority across the country, and faced protests as well as intense pressure from regional leaders, and eventually from the regular army, to restore the transitional government. Ultimately, after the regular army entered Ouagadougou to confront the RSP, Kafando was restored as president on 23 September 2015.
^Bonkoungou, Mathieu (25 September 2015). "Burkina Faso government disbands elite unit behind coup". Reuters. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
^Nadoun Coulibaly and Mathieu Bonkoungou, "Burkina Faso military spy chief seizes power, dissolves government", Reuters, 17 September 2015.
^Ouedraogo, Brahima (16 September 2015). "Military detains Burkina Faso's president, prime minister weeks ahead of landmark vote". U.S. News & World Report. Associated Press. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
^"Burkina Faso announces a transitional government". Al Jazeera. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
^"Burkina Faso to hold presidential vote in October – interim government". Reuters. 22 January 2015. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015./
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