1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état

1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état
	Part of decolonisation of Africa and the Cold War
	; Map of the 1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état
Date	3–18 August 1979
Location	Malabo, Equatorial Guinea3°45′7.43″N 8°46′25.32″E / 3.7520639°N 8.7737000°E
Result	Coup attempt succeeds Francisco Macías Nguema is imprisoned, tried, and executed on September 29, 1979, along with six of his allies;
Belligerents
Government of Equatorial Guinea	Supreme Military Council
Commanders and leaders
Francisco Macías Nguema (POW)	Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Casualties and losses
	About 400 total killed
	Nexus of coup in Malabo (marked green), Equatorial Guinea

The 1979 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état happened on August 3, 1979, when President Francisco Macías Nguema's nephew, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, overthrew him in a bloody coup. Fighting between loyalists and rebels continued until Macías Nguema was captured fleeing for Cameroon on August 18. He was sentenced to death for the crime of genocide against the Bubi people and other crimes committed. Macías Nguema was executed by firing squad on September 29, 1979. Teodoro has remained leader since then, initially as chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council and Supreme Military Council and subsequently as president.