2000 Solomon Islands coup d'état
| 2000 Solomon Islands coup d'état | ||||||||
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Map of the Solomon Islands | ||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||
| Isatabu Freedom Movement | Malaita Eagle Force | Royal Solomon Islands Police Force | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | ||||||||
| Andrew Te'e | Jimmy 'Rasta' Lusibaea's | Rererangi Hika | ||||||
On 5 June 2000, a coup d'état occurred in Solomon Islands, in the capital of Honiara, in which the prime minister, Bartholomew Ulufa’alu, was taken hostage by militants of the Malaita Eagle Force. The event came as a result of longstanding ethnic tensions between the province that saw a rise in armed political groups from the late 1990s.