1983 Upper Voltan coup attempt
The 1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état attempt was an event that took place on 28 February 1983, in the Republic of Upper Volta (today Burkina Faso), just a few months after a previous coup d'état on 7 November 1982 by radical elements of the army against the regime of Colonel Saye Zerbo, who himself came to power in a 1980 coup against Major General Sangoulé Lamizana.
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Council of Popular Salvation Communist Officers' Group | Military Committee of Recovery for National Progress | ||||||
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Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo Thomas Sankara | Saye Zerbo | ||||||
The coup attempt on 28 February, which targeted the Council of Popular Salvation (CPS) and its leader Major Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, failed.
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