1990Sudanese coup attempt
Part of theSecond Sudanese Civil War
Date 23 April 1990 Location Khartoum,Sudan 15°30′2″N32°33′36″E / 15.50056°N 32.56000°E /15.50056; 32.56000 Result Coup attempt failed.
Belligerents
Sudan	SAFcoup plotters Alleged support: SPLA
Commanders and leaders
Omar al-Bashir (RCCNS-Sudan Chairman) Hassan al-Turabi (NIF Leader)	Abdul Gadir al-Kadaru   Mohamed Osman Karrar
class=notpageimage| Location within Sudan.

The1990Sudanese coup attempt was a bloodlesscoup attempt which took place inSudan on 23 April 1990.^[1][2] Reportedly orchestrated by two retiredArmed Forces officers, Major GeneralAbdul Gadir al Kadaru and BrigadierMohamed Osman Karrar, and planned by junior officers loyal to them, the coup attempt was directed against theRCCNS, the rulingmilitary junta led by Lieutenant GeneralOmar al-Bashir (who himself took power in the1989 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 theSPLA, a predominantlyChristian group that waged thethen-ongoing civil war against theMuslim-led central government.

TheEgyptian news agencyMENA said there were unconfirmed reports of an exchange of gunfire at theKhartoum International Airport and the Armed Forces headquarters during the coup attempt.

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

• History of Sudan (1986–present)

• 1990 in Sudan
• Conflicts in 1990
• 1990s coups d'état
• April 1990 in Africa
• Attempted coups d'état in Sudan

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