Operation Caban

1979 Central African coup d'état
Date21 September 1979
Location
Central African Empire
(now Central African Republic)
Result

Coup attempt succeeds.

Belligerents
Central African Empire House of Bokassa
Central African Empire Armed Forces loyalists		 Central African Republic Armed Forces rebels
 France
Commanders and leaders
Central African Empire Bokassa I Central African Republic David Dacko
France Valéry Giscard d'Estaing

Operation Caban was a bloodless military operation by France in September 1979 to depose Emperor Bokassa I, reinstate the exiled former president David Dacko, and rename the Central African Empire back to Central African Republic.[1][2][3]

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