Despite the international community’s condemnation and attempts to eradicate coups and promotion of democratic means of regime change, coups continue to be a favourite means of usurpation and assumption of political power in many post-colonial
states. Since 2000 there were a total of 24 “successful” and attempted coups in the world. Apart from the Fiji coups of May 2000 and December 2006, there were coups in Ecuador (January 2000), Solomon Islands (June 2000), Venezuela (April 2002),
Central Africa Republic (March 2003), Sao Tome and Principe (July 2003), Guinea-Bissau (September 2003), Haiti (February 2004), Togo (February 2004), Mauritania (August 2005) and more...