1990 Sudanese coup attempt

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1990 Sudanese coup attempt
Part of the Second Sudanese Civil War
Date23 April 1990
Location 15°30′2″N32°33′36″E / 15.50056°N 32.56000°E / 15.50056; 32.56000
Result Coup attempt failed.
Belligerents
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan Insignia of the Sudanese Armed Forces.svg SAF coup plotters
Alleged support:
Flag of the SPLA (until 2011).svg SPLA
Commanders and leaders
Omar al-Bashir
(RCCNS-Sudan Chairman)
Hassan al-Turabi
(NIF Leader)
Insignia of the Sudanese Armed Forces.svg Abdul Gadir al-Kadaru   Skull and Crossbones.svg
Insignia of the Sudanese Armed Forces.svg Mohamed Osman Karrar   Skull and Crossbones.svg
Sudan (2005-2011) location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location within Sudan.

The 1990 Sudanese coup attempt was a bloodless coup attempt which took place in Sudan on 23 April 1990. [1] [2] Reportedly orchestrated by two retired Armed Forces officers, Major General Abdul Gadir al Kadaru and Brigadier Mohamed Osman Karrar, and planned by junior officers loyal to them, the coup attempt was directed against the RCCNS, the ruling military junta led by Lieutenant General Omar al-Bashir (who himself took power in the 1989 coup d'état).

According to Bashir, loyalist troops foiled the coup attempt by striking before the plotters could make their move, crushing the coup bid 'in its cradle'. He also claimed the plotters were 'in alliance with the rebels' of the SPLA, a predominantly Christian group that waged the then-ongoing civil war against the Muslim-led central government.

The Egyptian news agency MENA said there were unconfirmed reports of an exchange of gunfire at the Khartoum International Airport and the Armed Forces headquarters during the coup attempt.

Officials said about 30 officers and retired officers had been arrested.

See also

References

  1. "Sudanese military government crushes coup attempt". UPI. 23 April 1990. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  2. "Sudan Reports Blocking a Coup And Arresting Over 30 Officers". The New York Times. 24 April 1990. Retrieved 30 September 2019.