Togo
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May- 2023 -1 MayAfrica
Togo’s President Says 140 People Killed in Jihadist ‘War’
Around 40 soldiers and 100 civilians have been killed in a jihadist "war" in northern Togo, President Faure Gnassingbe said.
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Oct- 2022 -28 OctoberAfrica
Burkina Violence Displaces 4,000 in Togo
More than 4,000 people have been displaced this year in northern Togo after jihadist attacks in neighboring Burkina Faso.
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21 OctoberAfrica
Facing Threat, Togo Forces Simulate ‘Jihadist’ Attack
Togo's security forces carried out a simulated jihadist attack, training to counter a hostage-taking as the country faces increasing threats.
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Aug- 2022 -23 AugustAfrica
Togo Repels ‘Terrorist’ Attack: Official
Togo's armed forces said they repelled a "terrorist" attack that injured "several" soldiers in the far northern village of Blamonga on the border with Burkina Faso.
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17 AugustAfrica
Jihadists Spread From the Sahel to Coastal West Africa
After their campaigns began in northern Mali a decade ago, fears are growing that Sahel jihadists are heading towards coastal West Africa.
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Jun- 2022 -17 JuneAfrica
Togo Army Repels New Attack in Far North: Official
Togo's army has repelled another attack in the northwest near the border with Burkina Faso, a military official said.
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May- 2022 -11 MayAfrica
Eight Soldiers Killed in Togo ‘Terrorist Attack’
Eight soldiers were killed on Wednesday and 13 wounded in a "terrorist attack" in northern Togo near the border with Burkina Faso, the government said.
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May- 2020 -21 MayAfrica
Worried Togo Finds Itself on Front Line of Sahel’s Jihadist War
In a makeshift bunker of sacks of rice beneath a tree, heavily-armed Togolese soldiers keep watch over villagers coming and going on foot or bike across the border with Burkina Faso. Just a dried-out river bed separates the two West African countries. In surrounding fields, peasant farmers are bent silhouettes, watering the sorghum and maize seeds sown before the arrival of the first rains. Soon, clouds will chase away the fine dust of the harmattan, the desert wind that each year sweeps off the Sahara southwards to the coast and chokes the air. Nothing dramatic, or so it would seem, ever happens at Yemboate, in Togo’s far north. Yet less than 30 kilometers (19 miles) away, over the border in eastern Burkina Faso, jihadists and militia groups have imposed their own brutal law. Those policemen, doctors, and teachers who have not fled are being hunted down and butchered. “When I was small, we spent our time swimming in the river,” says farmer Abdoulaye Mossi, leaning on his bike with a hoe, speaking to AFP before the coronavirus pandemic. The arid channel separates his peaceful village of cob huts from a Burkinabe village on the other side. “Fear rules today,” the farmer says. But fear does …
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Jul- 2019 -10 JulyAfrica
Sahel states need more support to fight extremism, UN chief Guterres says
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged international support for the G5 Sahel to help West Africa's fight against violent extremism
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Oct- 2018 -27 OctoberAfrica
Mali: Two UN peacekeepers killed, at least 9 injured in attacks in Ber and Konna
Two Burkinabe UN peacekeepers were killed and at least nine others from Burkina Faso and Togo were injured in two attacks in central and northern Mali
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