Burkina Faso junta leader flees to Togo after coup

Burkina Faso's junta leader, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba resigned from his position and fled to Togo on Sunday October 2, two days after army officers announced his ouster in a coup that sparked internal unrest and international condemnation.

 

Three Togolese arrested for entering Nigeria illegally

Operatives of the Oyo State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), have arrested three Togolese who entered Nigeria illegally. 

Tragedy as 4 killed in Togo protests against Eyadema oligarchy

Four persons have been killed and dozen others injured in violent protests in Lome and other parts of Togo over the prolonged rule of the Gnassingbe Eyadema family.

The military high command, in an address to the nation on Saturday night, put the death toll at four, adding that dozen others were injured in the incidents.