1987 Republic of the Congo coup d'état attempt

Date

July - September 1987

Location

Republic of the Congo

Result

Coup fails

Denis Sassou Nguesso remains in power

Belligerents

Government of Republic of the Congo

Army faction

From July to September 1987 forces loyal to Denis Sassou Nguesso defeated Kouyou forces which attempted to overthrow his regime. Pierre Anga, one of the coup leaders, fled to Owando where he was killed on September 6, 1987 ending the coup.^[1]

References

↑ Clark, John Frank; Samuel Decalo (2012). Historical Dictionary of Republic of the Congo (Fourth Edition). Scarecrow Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-8108-4919-8.

Coups, self-coups, and attempted coups in Africa since 1960

1960s	Republic of the Congo (1960) Ethiopia (1960) French Algeria (1961) Senegal (1962) Togo (1963)^c Gabon (1964)^c Zanzibar (1964) Algeria (1965)^c Burundi (1965) Democratic Republic of the Congo (1965) Central African Republic (1965–1966)^c Burundi (July 1966)^c Burundi (November 1966)^c Ghana (1966)^c Upper Volta (1966)^c Nigeria (January 1966)^c Nigeria (July 1966)^c Republic of the Congo (1966) Ghana (1967) Togo (1967)^c Mali (1968)^c Republic of the Congo (1968)^c Sudan (1969)^c Libya (1969)^c Somalia (1969)^c

1970s	Lesotho (1970)^‡ Uganda (1971)^c Morocco (1971) Sudan (1971)^c Ghana (1972)^c Morocco (1972) Republic of the Congo (1972) Rwanda (1973)^c Niger (1974)^c Comoros (1975)^c Nigeria (1975)^c Chad (1975)^c Burundi (1976)^c Nigeria (1976) Republic of the Congo (1977)^c Seychelles (1977)^c Sudan (1977) Central African Republic (1979)^c Ghana (1979)^c Equatorial Guinea (1979)^c

1980s	Liberia (1980)^c Guinea-Bissau (1980)^c Upper Volta (1980)^c Central African Republic (1981) Gambia (1981) Ghana (1981)^c Seychelles (1981) Central African Republic (1982) Kenya (1982) Upper Volta (1982)^c Upper Volta (1983) Upper Volta (1983)^c Nigeria (1983)^c Mauritania (1984)^c Cameroon (1984) Guinea (1984)^c Uganda (1985)^c Nigeria (1985)^c Sudan (1985)^c Lesotho (1986)^c Burkina Faso (1987)^c Burundi (1987)^c Republic of the Congo (1987) Tunisia (1987)^c Sudan (1989)^c Burkina Faso (1989) Ethiopia (1989)

1990s	Nigeria (1990) Zambia (1990) Mali (1991)^c Lesotho (1991)^c Sierra Leone (1992)^c Algeria (1992) Burundi (1993) Nigeria (1993)^c Gambia (1994)^c Lesotho (1994)^‡ Burundi (1996)^c Niger (1996)^c Zambia (1997) Lesotho (1998) Republic of the Congo (1998) Niger (1999)^c Côte d'Ivoire (1999)^c

2000s	Burundi (2001) Central African Republic (2001) Central African Republic (2003) São Tomé and Príncipe (2003) Burkina Faso (2003) Chad (2004) Equatorial Guinea (2004) Mauritania (2005)^c Chad (2006) Madagascar (2006) Guinea (2008)^c Mauritania (2008)^c Madagascar (2009)^c

2010s	Niger (2010)^c Guinea-Bissau (2010)^c Democratic Republic of the Congo (2011) Niger (2011) Guinea-Bissau (2011) Mali (2012)^c Guinea-Bissau (2012)^c Egypt (2013)^c Libya (2013) Central African Republic (2012–13) South Sudan (2013) Libya (2014) Lesotho (2014) The Gambia (2014) Burundi (2015) Burkina Faso (2015) Libya (2016)

^c coup ^‡ self-coup

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