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News Tongo » Savanes: Togo Extends State of Emergency Due to Militant Attacks

News channel or source: https://www.voanews.com/a/togo-extends-state-of-emergency-due-to-militant-attacks/6735048.html

Published on: Wednesday 07 September 2022

The West African nation of Togo has extended a state of emergency in its northern Savanes region for another six months due to continued attacks by Islamist militants. A six-month state of emergency ...

News Tongo » Savanes: Solidarity and inclusion in the Savanes region of Togo: refugee women and host communities join forces for economic empowerment

News channel or source: https://www.unhcr.org/africa/news/stories/solidarity-and-inclusion-savanes-region-togo-refugee-women-and-host-communities-join

Published on: Wednesday 04 September 2024

Togo is receiving an increasing number of displaced people from Burkina Faso. According to a government census conducted in December 2023, the country is now hosting over 37,000 refugees, nearly 77% ...

News Tongo » Savanes: Togo parliament extends regional state of emergency by 12 months

News channel or source: https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/04/togo-parliament-extends-regional-state-of-emergency-by-12-months/

Published on: Sunday 09 April 2023

Togo’s National Assembly Thursday voted in favor of extending a state of security emergency in the Savanes region for another year. The measure follows a recent increase in incursions from terrorist ...

News Tongo » Savanes: Togo ups its ante against terror threats

News channel or source: https://issafrica.org/iss-today/togo-ups-its-ante-against-terror-threats

Published on: Tuesday 29 October 2019

Until early 2018, violent extremism in West Africa had been largely confined to the Sahel region. Since then fears of a spillover into neighbouring coastal states, including Togo, have been rising.

News Tongo » Savanes: From northern Togo to Mali, the youth exodus in search of gold and a future

News channel or source: https://www.theafricareport.com/408939/from-northern-togo-to-mali-the-youth-exodus-in-search-of-gold-and-a-future/

Published on: Sunday 15 February 2026

‘One morning, I found his room empty.’ Increasing numbers of young people from Togo’s arid Savanes region are trying their luck in West Africa’s gruelling and hazardous artisanal gold mines.

News Tongo » Savanes: Civilian-state security cooperation in Benin and Togo: a double-edged sword

News channel or source: https://issafrica.org/iss-today/civilian-state-security-cooperation-in-benin-and-togo-a-double-edged-sword

Published on: Sunday 11 June 2023

Attacks by violent extremists in Benin and Togo are rising. Since the first incidents in 2019 in Benin and 2021 in Togo, insurgents’ tactics have expanded from targeting defence forces to planting ...