1980 Upper Voltan coup d'état

1980 Upper Voltan coup d'état
Date	25 November 1980
Location	Upper Volta
Result	Coup successful, civil government overthrown and military rule reinstated
Belligerents
Government African Democratic Rally;	Military Committee of Recovery for National Progress Trade unions;
Commanders and leaders
Sangoulé Lamizana; Joseph Conombo	Saye Zerbo

The 1980 Upper Voltan coup d'état took place on 25 November 1980 in the Republic of Upper Volta (today Burkina Faso). Following a long period of drought, famine, popular unrest and labour strikes, Colonel Saye Zerbo overthrew President Sangoulé Lamizana, another military leader. Zerbo himself would be overthrown only two years later.

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