Top Africa’s most violent coups that should never be forgotten| Nigeria 1966 | Burundi 1993 | Guinea

1) Nigeria 1966
The Nigerian counter coup of 1966 is considered the country’s bloodiest coup. It started on January 1966 when Kaduna Nzeogwu-led soldiers assassinated 11 senior Nigerian politicians and two soldiers and kidnapping three others.They had thought the coup would end the ethnic rivalries between the Northern and Eastern tribes, but it only made things worse. Army commander Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, an Igbo, suppressed the January coup, but took over power himself
In July, a counter-coup was staged, resulting into the death of hundred non-commissioned officers and thousands of innocent civilians mostly of Eastern Nigeria origin. The coup staged Sani Abacha, Major Murtala Muhammed and current President Muhammadu Buhari and others.
The coup resulted in Nigeria’s civil war.

2) Burundi 1993
The failed coup attempt of 1993 saw the death of more than 100,000 Burundians. Then the newly-elected president, Melchior Ndadaye had been in office for three months when he was killed by the Tutsi extremists on October 21.It is believed that Ndadaye was taken to a military camp under the guise of protection from a possible mutiny by sections of the army. Together with the president and vice president of the National Assembly and other cabinet members, Ndadaye was then killed.Ndadaye’s death had dire ramifications across the country, with violence resulting into the death of at least 100,000 civilians.The coup was later blamed on former president Major Pierre Buyoya who had been in power between 1987 and 1993. He was not able to come to power immediately as Francois Ngeze, the civilian politician installed as temporary head of state. He refused to support the coup leaders.


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