What the records say
- When
- 2019
- Kind
- Armed conflict
- Deaths
- 27
- Coordinates
- 11.59° N, 37.39° E
- Incompatibility
- territory
- Type of conflict
- intrastate
- Territory name
- Amhara
- Region
- Africa
- Location
- Ethiopia
- Side a
- Government of Ethiopia
Placed at the middle of its 4 recorded clashes (UCDP GED).
Amhara Region coup attempt
2019 assassinations and attempted coup in Ethiopia
The 2019 Amhara Region coup d'état attempt was an attempted coup d'état against the Amhara Regional government on 22 June 2019, during which factions of the Amhara Region's Peace and Security Bureau assassinated the Amhara Regional President Ambachew Mekonnen.
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- UCDP Battle-Related DeathsUppsala Conflict Data ProgramCreative Commons Attribution 4.0
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Amhara Region coup attempt: In the Amhara Region of Ethiopia, regional president Ambachew Mekonnen and national-military chief of staff Se'are Mekonnen are…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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