Operation Caban

1979 Central African coup d'état
Date	21 September 1979
Location	Central African Empire; (now Central African Republic)
Result	Coup attempt succeeds.; Bokassa I is exiled.; The Central African Empire is overthrown.; The Central African Republic is restored.;
Belligerents
House of Bokassa; Armed Forces loyalists	Armed Forces rebels; France
Commanders and leaders
Bokassa I	David Dacko; 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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