A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Guinean_coup_d'état" id="mwATY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2008 Guinean coup d'état">coup d'état</a> occurs in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea" id="mwATc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Guinea">Guinea</a> hours after the death of President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lansana_Conté" id="mwATg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lansana Conté">Lansana Conté</a>.<sup about="#mwt73" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-14"}}' id="cite_ref-14" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_23#cite_note-14" id="mwATk" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 14;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwATo">[14]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-14"><cite about="#mwt70" class="citation news cs1" id="mwB18"><a class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7796902.stm" id="mwB2A" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Military takes control in Guinea"</a>. <i id="mwB2E">BBC News</i>. 2008-12-23<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwB2I">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwB2M">2022-10-08</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt70" class="Z3988" id="mwB2Q" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=BBC+News&amp;rft.atitle=Military+takes+control+in+Guinea&amp;rft.date=2008-12-23&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F2%2Fhi%2Fafrica%2F7796902.stm&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+23"></span></span>