February 8, 1974: 1974 Upper Voltan coup d'état; November 25, 1980: Colonel Saye Zerbo overthrows President Sangoulé Lamizana. November 7, ... September 30, 2022: September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état; Burundi. July 8, 1966: Ntare V overthrows Mwambutsa IV; November 28, 1966: ...

• 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état. 3 January 1966 ... The rationale given by Traore for the coup d'état was the purported inability of Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba to deal with an Islamist insurgency. Damiba resigned and left the country. On 6 October 2022, Captain Ibrahim Traore was officially appointed as president of Burkina Faso. ...

1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état in Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso): On 3 January, Sangoulé Lamizana overthrew Maurice Yaméogo. 1966 Syrian coup d'état: The ruling National Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party were removed from power by a union of the party's Military Committee and the Regional Command, under the leadership of Salah Jadid.