1977 Beninese coup attempt

Failed overthrow of President Mathieu Kérékou by French-led mercenaries mil Tentative de coup d'État de 1977 au Bénin August 2024 the Cold War in Africa 17 January 1977 Cotonou, People's Republic of Benin Beninese victory Coup attempt failed People's Republic of Benin Supported byNorth Korea France (Covertly) Mercenaries Benin Beninese political exiles Supported byTogoIvory CoastGabonMorocco People's Republic of Benin Mathieu Kérékou France Bob Denard On 17 January 1977, a group of French-led mercenaries tried and failed to overthrow the government of the People's Republic of Benin led by Mathieu Kérékou, whose communist party—the People's Revolutionary Party of Benin (PRPB)—was the only allowed political party in the country. The coup, which was also known as fr Opération Crevette ("Operation Shrimp"), included a failed invasion of the port city of Cotonou by mercenaries contracted by a group of exiled Beninese political rivals.2005 Olutayo Adesina Benin, Republic of (Dahomey) Kérékou, Mathieu (1935–) https://books.google.com/books?id=Ftz_gtO-pngC&q=mathieu Encyclopedia of African History Kevin Shillington Kevin Shillington 242+ 9781579582456 Bob Denard was the leader of the mercenary group and although Jacques Foccart denied knowledge of the attempted coup after its failure, he did recognize that it was backed by Gnassingbé Eyadéma (Togo), Félix Houphouët-Boigny (Ivory Coast), Omar Bongo (Gabon) and Hassan II (Morocco), all allies of France.Bob Denard, chien de guerre https://web.archive.org/web/20091001044446/http://www.humanite.fr/1999-05-04_International_Bob-Denard-chien-de-guerre October 1, 2009 , L'Humanité, 4 May 1999 fr Documents accidentally left behind by Denard during the coup attempt further substantiated the involvement of Bongo, Hassan, Eyadéma and French counsellor on African affairs René Journiac.Bat Jean-Pierre 2016 Le secteur N (Afrique) et la fin de la Guerre froide https://shs-cairn-info.acces.bibl.ulaval.ca/revue-relations-internationales-2016-1-page-43 Relations internationales 165 1 43-56 10.3917/ri.165.0043 14 February 2025 subscription Borrel Thomas Boukari-Yabara Amzat Collombat Benoît Deltombe Thomas Une histoire de la Françafrique: L'empire qui ne veut pas mourir Seuil Paris 2023 445 La folie des grandeurs. Armes, pétrole et nucléaire 9782757897751 The coup would be one of several against Kérékou who survived numerous attempts to oust him, including two coup attempts in 1988.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13040372 BBC News Benin profile – Timeline 4 June 2015 14 October 2015 References Links War is boring: In 1977, 80 Mercenaries Nearly Took Over Benin Category:Coups d'état in Benin Benin coup d'état attempt Coup attempt Benin coup d'état attempt Benin coup d'état attempt, 1977 Category:Benin–France relations