President Faure Gnassingbe of Togo has said that around 40 soldiers and 100 civilians have been killed in a jihadist "war" in northern Togo. Gnassingbe has said that the government is fighting back against the threat of a jihadist spillover from Burkina Faso and Mali, with a three-tiered strategy including military operations and prevention and deradicalization efforts.

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