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A coup d'état was carried out by the Sudanese Armed Forces on 30 June 1989 against the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Sadiq al-Mahdi and President Ahmed al-Mirghani. The coup was led by military officer Omar al-Bashir who took power in its aftermath; he ruled the country for the next 30 years until he was overthrown in 2019.
Since gaining independence in 1956, Sudan has witnessed a protracted series of coups d'état, totalling 20 coup attempts, of which 7 were successful, [1] [note 1] which places Sudan as the African nation with the most coup attempts [2] and it ranks second globally, just behind Bolivia, which has recorded 23 coup attempts since 1950. [3]
A year later in 2012 during the Heglig Crisis Sudan would achieve victory against South Sudan, a war over oil-rich regions between South Sudan's Unity and Sudan's South Kordofan states. The events would later be known as the Sudanese Intifada , which would end only in 2013 after al-Bashir promised he would not seek re-election in 2015.
Pages in category "Military coups in Sudan" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... 1985 Sudanese coup d'état; 1989 Sudanese coup d'état;
Second Sudanese Civil War: Background Q & A: The Darfur Crisis, Esther Pan, Council on Foreign Relations, cfr.org; Price of Peace in Africa: Agreement in Sudan Between Government and Rebel; Photojournalist's Account – Displacement of Sudan's second civil war; In pictures: Sudan trek – of returning refugees after the war, BBC, 14 June 2005
Soldiers arrested most of the members of the North African nation's cabinet on Monday in what the information ministry called a military coup, prompting opponents of the takeover to take to the ...
The Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation (RCCNS-Sudan) was the governing body of Sudan following the June 1989 coup. [1] It grew out of the collaboration between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the National Islamic Front. [2] It was the authority by which the military government of Sudan under Lt. Gen. Omar al-Bashir exercised power.
Young men celebrate in Prague after fall of the Czech government, 1989 (Photos by Brian Harris/The Independent) This week, 35 years ago, the Czech government buckled under the mounting pressure of ...