1959 Sudanese coup attempt

1959 Sudanese coup attempt
Part of the First Sudanese Civil War and the Arab Cold War

Conspirators at the trial
Date9 November 1959
Location
Khartoum, Sudan
Result Coup attempt succeeds
Belligerents

Sudan

  • Armed Forces Supreme Council
  Sudanese Armed Forces
Commanders and leaders
Ibrahim Abboud
President of Sudan		 Ali Hamid 
Abd al-Badi Karrar 
Sadiq Muhammad Hassan 
Yaqoub Kabeida 
Abd al-Rahman Kabaida
Abd al-Hamid Abd al-Majid 

The November 1959 coup attempt aimed at overthrowing Sudan's ruler, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Abboud, but was thwarted. The military court sentenced officers involved, with some receiving the death penalty, marking Sudan's first post-independence execution.

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