US EditionTogo tight-lipped as Burkina jihadists infiltrate north
- Jihadists from Burkina Faso have increased their attacks in northern Togo since the beginning of 2025, with the Togolese government remaining tight-lipped about their covert infiltration.
- Togolese Foreign Minister Robert Dussey recently admitted that Islamist fighters had killed at least 62 people since January, more than double the deaths recorded in the whole of 2024.
- For Togolese political scientist Madi Djabakate, the lack of coverage in the Togolese press stems from the government's 'policy of informational lockdown' and restrictions on journalists reporting on the attacks.
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Togo tight-lipped as Burkina jihadists infiltrate north
Jihadists from Burkina Faso have stepped up their assaults on northern Togo since the beginning of the year, with the Togolese government tight-lipped on their covert infiltration.
Since June 2022, Northern Togo has been placed in a state of emergency in the face of the proliferation of jihadist terrorist violence. If the Togolese government remained discreet so as not to panic its troops there, the attacks would have killed 62 people, including 54 civilians, since the beginning of the year.
In northern Togo, faced with incursions by Islamist groups present on the other side of the border in Burkina Faso, jihadist violence has intensified since the beginning of the year, despite a silence assumed by the authorities to "do not demoralize" the troops.
Lomé - In northern Togo, faced with incursions by Islamist groups present on the other side of the border in Burkina Faso, jihadist violence has intensified since the beginning of the year, despite a silence assumed by the authorities to "do not demoralize" the troops. Official communications on the attacks are rare: in 2023, the government had recognized more than 30 deaths in "terrorist" attacks. No official figures were given in 2024, but the…
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