On 3 March 1982, opposition politician and leader of the MLPC party,

Ange-Félix Patassé Ange-Félix Patassé (January 25, 1937 – April 5, 2011) was a Central African politician who was President of the Central African Republic from 1993 until 2003, when he was deposed by the rebel leader François Bozizé in the 2003 coup d'ét ...

, returned from exile to the

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and staged an unsuccessful coup against General

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(who himself took power in the 1981 coup d'état) with the help of a few military officers, such as General François Bozizé, who accused Kolingba of treason and proclaimed the change of power in a radio announcement. Four days later, having failed to gain the support of the

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, Patassé went in disguise to the

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to seek refuge. After heated negotiations between the Kolingba government and

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, Patassé was allowed to leave for exile in

Togo Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...

, where he lived from 1982 until his return to the Central African Republic in 1992. Bozizé fled to the north of the country with 100 soldiers, before obtaining refuge in France..

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