What the records say
- When
- 15 Oct 1987
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 12.36° N, 1.54° W
- Description
- Coup that brought Blaise Compaoré to power
1987 Burkina Faso coup d'état
Coup that brought Blaise Compaoré to power
The 1987 Burkina Faso coup d'état was a violent military coup in Burkina Faso, which took place on 15 October 1987. The coup was organized by Captain Blaise Compaoré against incumbent far-left President Captain Thomas Sankara, his former friend, bandmate, and associate during the 1983 upheaval.
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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
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In Burkina Faso, a military coup is orchestrated by Blaise Compaoré against incumbent President Thomas Sankara”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page