<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Ouédraogo" id="mwAQg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo">Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo</a>, president of the military government of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Upper_Voltan_coup_d'état" id="mwAQk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état">coup d'état</a> led by Captain <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sankara" id="mwAQo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thomas Sankara">Thomas Sankara</a>.<sup about="#mwt39" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-6"}}' id="cite_ref-6" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_4#cite_note-6" id="mwAQs" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQw">[6]</span></a></sup>
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