An explosion in northern Togo has killed seven people.
Authorities with the military said on Sunday that the explosion happened in Tone Prefecture near the border with Burkina Faso, where a Sahel jihadist insurgency is threatening to spill over into coastal West African nations.
Togo last month declared a state of emergency in its northern district over the threat of Islamist militant attacks from north of its border.
Togo’s army said in a statement that the explosion on Saturday in Margba village in Tone killed seven and wounded two more without giving more details about the attack.
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