First African President to be Assassinated Archives - African Research Consult http://african-research.com/tag/first-african-president-to-be-assassinated/ Your #1 Educational center Sat, 02 May 2020 23:03:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://i0.wp.com/african-research.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-AREC.png?fit=32%2C32 First African President to be Assassinated Archives - African Research Consult http://african-research.com/tag/first-african-president-to-be-assassinated/ 32 32 194781668 The Assassination of Sylvanus Olympio of Togo and The Rise of Eyadéma. http://african-research.com/research/political-history/the-assassination-of-sylvanus-olympio-of-togo-and-the-rise-of-eyadema/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-assassination-of-sylvanus-olympio-of-togo-and-the-rise-of-eyadema http://african-research.com/research/political-history/the-assassination-of-sylvanus-olympio-of-togo-and-the-rise-of-eyadema/#respond Sat, 02 May 2020 21:45:04 +0000 http://african-research.com/?p=930 On January 13th 1963 President Sylvanus Olympio was assassinated in a military coup by a group of eight Togolese militants led by Emmanuel Bodjolle, under direction of Sergeant Étienne Eyadéma Gnassingbé. Shock of Olympio’s assassination (which is remembered as the first President in Africa to be assassinated in a military coup) rippled throughout Togo and [...]

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