The Togolese government has expressed fear of possible casualties after another violent attack in the north of the country on Thursday night. "Our country has again been the subject of multiple incursions in the far north. Eight soldiers killed in Togo “terrorist attack” - Government https://t.co/I84YoZIVjK — africanews 😷 (@africanews) May 11, 2022However, he said it had not targeted "a position" of the police or the army. In early May, eight Togolese soldiers were killed and 13 injured in the first official deadly jihadist attack in Togo. The Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (GSIM), the main jihadist alliance in the Sahel, linked to al-Qaeda, had claimed responsibility for the attack.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 16, 2022 02:11 UTC