Africa Intelligence reported that two attacks recorded in September 2026 on the Togo-Burkina Faso border have placed Togo's newly reorganized military high command under pressure, according to a relay published by icilome.com. The report coincides with the 29 September appointment of Col. Kadanga N'Guwaki as Senior Commander of Operation Koundjoaré, succeeding Col. Kombaté Latièmbé. The appointment itself is confirmed by multiple Togolese outlets, including Afreepress, Septentrional, 24heureinfo, Matin Libre, Le Nouveau Reporter and the official Togo Officiel bulletin, which report that Col. N'Guwaki — previously commander of the 1st Rapid Intervention Battalion and, before that, of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of Témédja — was named by presidential decree on 29 September 2026 to head the operation securing Togo's northern border in the Savanes region. icilome.com
The command change follows a sweeping August reshuffle in which President Faure Gnassingbé signed eight decrees replacing Togo's entire military high command, including the Chief of General Staff. Col. Tchakpelé Aklesso was promoted to Brigadier General and named Chief of General Staff of the Togolese Armed Forces, succeeding Col. Dimini Allahare, while Col. Kombaté Latièmbé — N'Guwaki's predecessor at Koundjoaré — moved to lead the army's land-forces staff.
No Togolese government communiqué, local press report, or militant claim of responsibility has detailed the dates, locations or casualties of the two September attacks cited by Africa Intelligence. Icilome.com, relaying the specialist outlet's reporting, notes that Togolese authorities communicate little on security incidents and that the precise toll of the September attacks has not been made public at this stage. The Savanes border region has a documented history of deadly incursions, including a 19-dead ambush near Fanworgou in October 2024 and a 21-soldier assault near Kpenkankandi claimed by JNIM in July of a prior year — a track record that underscores the credibility of the threat but does not confirm the specific attacks Africa Intelligence describes for September 2026. Financial Afrik