Western Togoland Rebellion

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Western Togoland Rebellion
Western Togoland (purple) within Ghana
Date 1 September 2020 – present[1] Location former British Togoland, Ghana Status Ongoing
Belligerents
Ghana Ghana Armed Forces Minister for Defence	Western Togoland Restoration Front
Commanders and leaders
Nana Akufo-Addo Dominic Nitiwul Obed Akwa William Azure Ayamdo	Togbe Yesu Kwabla Edudzi[1] Akplaga Sogbolisa[1] Akplaga Seyram Matts[2]
Strength
unknown	c. 500–6,700 (WTRF claim)[1][2][3]
Casualties and losses
1 killed, 1 injured, 3+ captured	1+ killed 113+ captured
At least 5 civilians killed[4]

The Western Togoland Rebellion is an ongoing separatist revolt led by the Ewe nationalist organization Western Togoland Restoration Front (WTRF) against the government of Ghana. The group seeks the independence of former British Togoland.^[5]

The Ewe make up most of the support for the independence movement and mainly inhabit the southern part of Western Togoland, especially around the cities of Ho, Kpandu, and Hohoe. Consequently, in the centre and northern areas of Western Togoland, where there is less of a presence of Ewes, support for independence is much more limited.^[6]

The independence movement can be traced back to the colonial era, with Ewe-dominated organizations such as the Togoland Congress campaigning for the unification of the Ewe people in British Togoland and French Togoland. More recently, groups such as the Homeland Study Group Foundation, a member of Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, have advocated for Western Togoland independence. The WTRF is the first of these organizations to revolt against the Ghanaian government.^[6]