1997 Zambian coup attempt

Zambian failed Coup d'etat of 1997 June 2020 1997 Zambian coup d'état attempt Zambia-CIA WFB Map.png A CIA WFB map of Zambia 28 October 1997 Lusaka, Zambia Military coup Regime change Captain Solo (Steven Lungu) Coup fails Frederick Chiluba remains in power The 1997 Zambian coup d'état attempt was a military coup d'état attempt that took place in Zambia on 28 October 1997. The coup lasted no more than 3 hours and took place between 6 and 9 A.M. when the coup's leader, Captain Solo (Steven Lungu) of the Zambian Army,https://www.lusakatimes.com/2012/08/12/captain-solo-dies/ Captain Solo dies 12 August 2012 Lusaka Times 10 June 2020 announced via the ZNBC (national radio station) that a coup had taken place and that the then President, Frederick Chiluba, needed to step down.McNeil Jr. Donald G. 29 October 1997 Zambia Says a Coup Is Over In 3 Hours, Without Injury The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/29/world/zambia-says-a-coup-is-over-in-3-hours-without-injury.html 27 January 2019 0362-433129 October 1997 Fracasa un chapucero golpe de Estado en Zambia contra el presidente Chiluba es Botched coup in Zambia against President Chiluba fails El País https://elpais.com/diario/1997/10/29/internacional/878079610_850215.html 10 June 2020 Some international media organizations could not resist joking about the "aptly named" coup leader (Solo) whose demand that the President resign could be heard accompanied by laughter from radio journalists who were in the radio station at the time of the coup attempt.29 October 1997 Captain Solo's angel-inspired Zambian coup ends in giggle Irish Independent http://www.independent.ie/world-news/captain-solos-angelinspired-zambian-coup-ends-in-giggle-26202961.html 10 June 2020 After the coup attempt, 54 of the soldiers who took part were convicted and sentenced to death The sentence was appealed to Zambia's supreme court in 2003, which commuted the death sentence for ten soldiers but upheld the death sentence for the other 44. http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAFR630022003?open&of=ENG-ZMB Zambia: Forty-four soldiers to be executed Amnesty 2006-10-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20061017234552/http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAFR630022003?open&of=ENG-ZMB 2006-10-17 dead However in 2004, Zambia's president Levy Mwanawasa commuted the death sentence for 22 of the coup plotters and released 14 of them as having served their prison sentence. One of the coup leaders, Jack Chiti, was also released on humanitarian grounds due to cancer."Zambia releases 14 coup plotters", Zambia Mail and Guardian, June 29, 2004 Captain Solo spent 13 years in prison for committing treason and was released only in 2010 when it became clear that he was terminally ill. See also History of Zambia Bibliography of the history of Zambia 1990 Zambian coup attempt References Coup Zambia Category:Coups d'état in Zambia Category:October 1997 in Africa Category:1990s coups d'état