1996 Burundian coup d'état

When

25 Jul 1996

Kind

Coup

Coordinates

3.43° S, 29.93° E

Description

1996 military coup against Burundian President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya

Military coup in Burundi

The 1996 Burundian coup d'état was a military coup d'état that took place in Burundi on 25 July 1996. In the midst of the Burundi Civil War, former president Pierre Buyoya deposed Hutu President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya. According to Amnesty International, in the weeks following the coup, more than 6,000 people were killed in the country.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The Tutsi-led Burundian army performs a coup and reinstalls previous president Pierre Buyoya, ousting current president Sylvestre Ntibantunganya”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page