Togo: Sentences of 3 to 50 Years Required in the Appeal on the Death of Colonel Bitala Madjoulba

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In Togo, sentences of 3 to 50 years were requested on Wednesday 25 February by the Attorney General of the Military Court of Appeal against seven persons charged in the case of the death of Colonel Bitala Madjoulba. This high-ranking officer, who was the head of the first rapid intervention battalion, was shot dead in his office in the Lomé military camp, a few hours after the inauguration ceremony of Faure Gnassingbé in May 2020. The Togolese S…