1998 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt
| 1998 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| FARP | Dissenting faction of the armed forces | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| João Bernardo Vieira | Ansumane Mané | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The 1998 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt was the attempted military overthrow in Guinea-Bissau by dissident elements within the military against the João Bernardo Vieira government. Led by Brigadier-General Ansumane Mané, the coup attempt plunged the republic into the year-long Guinea-Bissau civil war, resulting in as many as thousands of deaths and the displacement of hundreds of thousands.