2023 Burkina Faso coup attempt

2023 Burkina Faso coup d'état attempt
Date26 September 2023
Location
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Result Coup failed
Belligerents
Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration Burkina Faso Armed Forces dissidents
Commanders and leaders
Ibrahim Traoré
Célestin Simporé
Abdoulaye Gandema
Seydou Ouattara		 Cheikh Hamza Ouattara
Abdoul Aziz Aouoba
Christophe Maïga
Sekou Ouedraogo
Boubacar Keita

On 26 September 2023, dissidents of the Burkina Faso Armed Forces attempted to overthrow the ruling military junta led by Ibrahim Traoré, who came to power a year earlier.

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