2024 Mulfulira revolution
| 2024 Mulfulira revolution New Day Revolution | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Anti-Hume demonstrators Mulfuliran Armed Forces | Pro-Hume faction in military | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 12 dead, 130 wounded | 40 dead, 200 wounded, hundreds arrested | ||||||
The 2024 Mulfulira revolution, popularly known as the New Day Revolution, was a popular uprising and coup d'etat in Mulfulira that occurred on July 8-9th, 2024 in Chingola, resulting in the overthrow and arrest of president Tayyib Hume. Hume, who had been president since 2017, had been found guilty in multiple courts on charges of conspiracy, corruption, and fraud, and had been immensely unpopular due to his administration's handling of the 2024 Sora virus pandemic. Despite this, along with six impeachment trials in parliament, Hume's political rivals had shielded him from consequence. After narrowly surviving his sixth vote of no-confidence on July 3rd, widespread demonstrations against his presidency broke out and the capital of Chingola was congested with protests. On July 7th, Hume ordered the military to enter the capital and defend the presidential residence, but most commanders of the military including Minister of Defense Arusi Akar refused the order. On the evening of July 8th, protestors breached the presidential residence's gates, and a military brigade sided with them and seized the palace, arresting Hume. The following morning, parliamentary speaker Esin Erkoc took transitional authority of the government, disbanded parliament and ordered new national elections and to consider constitutional amendments disbarring certain presidential protections.
Though the taking of the presidential palace was relatively swift and without bloodshed, some factions of the military elsewhere in the capital still sided with Hume and opposed the coup. Some clashes between pro and anti-Hume factions broke out across the city, resulting in a total of 52 deaths and hundreds of injuries. However, violence was quelled by the morning following the revolution. The coup was met with generally positive reaction both in Mulfulira and internationally. While WEDA suspended Mulfulira's suspension during the coup, the first member of the organization ever to be suspended, they supported the actions of the Mulfuliran Armed Forces and stated membership could be resumed following elections.