Sentences with phrase «military coup took»

A third military coup took place in 1980 but within two years the military had turned the power back to the civilian government.

But the last democratic transfer of power occurred in 1944, a military coup took place in 1980 and a 14 - year civil war ended only in 2003.

Not exact matches

There is an ongoing coup in Turkey with the military attempting to take over and many details unclear.

Last week's coup attempt by military forces in Turkey — the military's first overt attempt to take power since 1980 — came as a great shock to the international community.

Emine Taskiran: How is the atmosphere in Mali after the military coup that took place earlier this year?

Former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar has reacted to Zimbabwe military take over of Mugabe's government o Tuesday Atiku said the coup was not the solution for problems...

Immediate past National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd), has sworn that he never maltreated nor took part in maltreating President Muhammadu Buhari when he, as military head of state was removed in a coup in 1985 as being erroneously alleged.

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Femi Fani - Kayode, former Aviation Minister, has revealed that former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon and late military officer, Captain S.G. Tokida saved his father's life on the night of Jan 15th, 1996 when the junior officers» coup took place in Nigeria.

Mr. Nkanga, we are not under military rulership where few power drunkers staged coup and take over the governance.

The debate as to whether portraying horrific acts, specifically torture, is classed as endorsing it has somehow taken wind and become the lead talking point (especially odd since surely nobody would suggest Argo endorses military coups, or that Django Unchained endorses violent revenge, no matter how racist the person may be), and it has distracted many from discussing the film on any other level.

The last time I visited was sandwiched between two military coups and things were very basic and Fiji time meant everything took a while.

Her solo presentation at Galerie Barbara Thumm takes a close look at those beginnings with a showing of Burga's Pop art from 1965 to» 68, the years leading up to Peru's military coup.