Public Domain (Gerald R. Ford Library), Wikimedia Commons 1965 Army chief of staff Joseph-Désiré Mobutu (later Mobutu Sese Seko) seized power in a coup in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, beginning a 32-year rule.
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Public Domain (Gerald R. Ford Library), Wikimedia Commons 1965 Colonel Saye Zerbo overthrew President Sangoulé Lamizana in a bloodless military coup in Upper Volta (present-day Burkina Faso).
PoliticsA group of South African mercenaries led by Colonel "Mad Mike" Hoare, disguised as tourists, attempted a coup in Seychelles that collapsed within hours when their weapons were discovered at the airport.
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