Terror Attacks increase inside Togo as Sahel extremists encroach

Violent extremist organizations from northern Benin and Burkina Faso are increasingly targeting northern Togo as conflicts from the Sahel spill into coastal countries, that’s according to reporting by the African Defense Forum. Also citing Togo’s L’Alternative’ newspaper reporting that four people on a tricycle in the north-central town of Bonzougou were killed recently after riding over an improvised explosive device (IED). Several terror groups operate in the Savannahs region, although none claimed responsibility for the attack. The attack in Bonzougou is farther south into Togo’s territory than previous attacks.