What the records say
- When
- 4 Aug 1983
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 12.37° N, 1.53° W
- Description
- coup that brought Thomas Sankara to power
1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état
Coup that brought Thomas Sankara to power
On 4 August 1983, a coup d'état was launched in the Republic of Upper Volta in an event sometimes referred to as the August revolution or Burkinabé revolution. It was carried out by radical elements of the army led by Thomas Sankara and Blaise Compaoré, against the regime of Major Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo.
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- Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Cline Center Coup d’État Project v2.2.2Cline Center for Advanced Social Research, University of Illinois · names it “Coup in Burkina Faso”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0