TOGO: Drone Terrorist Attack Against the Togolese Armed Forces

Between April 5 and April 11, 2025, northern Togo, particularly the Kpendjal prefecture in the Savanes region, was targeted by a new terrorist attack.

On April 9, terrorists deployed, for the first time, a kamikaze drone against an advanced post near Dapaong, injuring six soldiers. This unprecedented use of an aerial explosive device demonstrates the technological and tactical evolution of jihadist groups in the area.

Despite the launch, in 2021, of Operation Koundjari and the reinforcement of military personnel, the use of suicide drones represents a strategic shift that makes securing border areas even more complex and exposes troops to an increasingly “sophisticated” transnational threat.