Lome, 22 July, 2022 / 8:54 pm (ACI Africa).
Catholic Bishops in Togo have, in a collective statement, expressed their spiritual closeness with victims of recent terrorist attacks in the country.
In their collective statement shared with ACI Africa Friday, July 22, members of the Episcopal Conference of Togo (CET) call on the people of God to provide material support to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
On June 14, Togo's government declared a "state of security emergency" in the Savannah region, which covers the country's most northern provinces, to give the armed forces more flexibility to deal with the threat of militant attacks, BBC News reported.
The move followed the May 11 attack in a northern town near the border with Burkina Faso, in which eight Togolese were reportedly killed and more others wounded.
CET members say, “For some time now, our country, Togo, has been confronted with the phenomenon of terrorist attacks, with its accompanying civilian and military casualties.”