Africa
Eight soldiers killed in Togo ‘terrorist attack’
5 years ago(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 17, 2020 Togolese soldiers stand guard as they patrol at Namoundjoga village in northern Togo. - Suspected jihadists have killed 8 soldiers and injured 13 others in northern Togo at the border with Burkina Faso, the government said on May 11, 2022, in the first deadly "terrorist attack" in the country. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)
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, using a term typically designating jihadists.