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En ce mois de septembre 2026, le Togo marque le 40e anniversaire d’une nuit qui a profond\u00e9ment marqu\u00e9 l’histoire contemporaine de la nation. Dans la nuit du 23 au 24 septembre 1986, Lom\u00e9 devenait le th\u00e9\u00e2tre d’une op\u00e9ration arm\u00e9e d’une rare violence, visant \u00e0 renverser le r\u00e9gime du G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Gnassingb\u00e9 Eyad\u00e9ma.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quatre d\u00e9cennies plus tard, entre devoirs de m\u00e9moire, c\u00e9r\u00e9monies officielles et offices religieux, les filles et fils du Togo se souviennent d’un \u00e9v\u00e9nement qui a redessin\u00e9 le paysage politique et diplomatique du pays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pour mesurer la port\u00e9e de cette attaque, il faut replacer le pays dans le cadre r\u00e9gional de l’Afrique de l’Ouest des ann\u00e9es 1980. Sous la pr\u00e9sidence du G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Gnassingb\u00e9 Eyad\u00e9ma, au pouvoir depuis 1967, le pays s’appuie sur une solide alliance diplomatique avec la France et fait figure de verrou pro-occidental au c\u0153ur de la Guerre froide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Le r\u00e9gime s’oppose alors ouvertement \u00e0 des gouvernements voisins jug\u00e9s plus progressistes ou pro-sovi\u00e9tiques, au premier rang desquels figure le Ghana, dirig\u00e9 par Jerry Rawlings. En d\u00e9pit d’une stabilit\u00e9 apparente, Lom\u00e9 fait face aux actions d’une opposition politique active, en partie contrainte \u00e0 l’exil au Ghana et au B\u00e9nin.<\/p>\n\n\n

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C\u2019est dans ce climat de vive rivalit\u00e9 r\u00e9gionale qu\u2019un commando arm\u00e9 s\u2019infiltre dans la capitale togolaise au cours de cette fatidique nuit du 23 au 24 septembre 1986. L’op\u00e9ration vise simultan\u00e9ment les lieux n\u00e9vralgiques du pouvoir, notamment le camp militaire de Tokoin, abritant la r\u00e9sidence du chef de l’\u00c9tat ; le Palais de la Pr\u00e9sidence ; et les locaux de la radio et de la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision nationales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Si la soudainet\u00e9 de l’assaut provoque un bref moment de d\u00e9sorganisation, la r\u00e9action de la garde pr\u00e9sidentielle et des forces loyalistes est rapide. Apr\u00e8s plusieurs heures d’intenses combats, l’attaque est repouss\u00e9e. Les assaillants \u00e9chouent \u00e0 prendre le contr\u00f4le des m\u00e9dias d’\u00c9tat ou \u00e0 p\u00e9n\u00e9trer au c\u0153ur du camp militaire. La poursuite s’engage dans toute la ville ; ainsi de nombreux membres du commando sont neutralis\u00e9s ou captur\u00e9s, tandis que d’autres s’enfuient vers la fronti\u00e8re ghan\u00e9enne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dans la foul\u00e9e, l’\u00e9v\u00e9nement prend imm\u00e9diatement une tournure internationale. Lom\u00e9 accuse directement le Ghana de Jerry Rawlings, d’avoir soutenu l’op\u00e9ration, provoquant une grave crise diplomatique et le verrouillage des fronti\u00e8res environnantes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pour soutenir son alli\u00e9 strat\u00e9gique, la France intervient \u00e0 la demande du pr\u00e9sident Eyad\u00e9ma avec le d\u00e9ploiement de 200 parachutistes fran\u00e7ais en provenance de Centrafrique et du Gabon, le survol dissuasif de la capitale par des avions de chasse Jaguar, et l\u2019envoi de troupes en soutien par le Za\u00efre du mar\u00e9chal Mobutu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Au lendemain de l’attaque, le G\u00e9n\u00e9ral Eyad\u00e9ma effectue une marche symbolique de plus de quatre (04) kilom\u00e8tres de la Pr\u00e9sidence au camp de Tokoin, pour sceller la reprise en main de la capitale. L’\u00e9chec du commando d\u00e9bouche sur un durcissement du r\u00e9gime avec \u00e0 la cl\u00e9 des centaines d’arrestations op\u00e9r\u00e9es au sein de l’opposition interne et de s\u00e9v\u00e8res condamnations sont prononc\u00e9es.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sur le plan humain, le minist\u00e8re de l’Administration territoriale a retenu dans l’histoire officielle le bilan de 13 morts et 25 bless\u00e9s. Sur le plan \u00e9conomique, le climat d’ins\u00e9curit\u00e9 a temporairement ralenti les flux commerciaux, mais le soutien financier de la France a permis de pr\u00e9server la stabilit\u00e9 financi\u00e8re du pays.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Quatre d\u00e9cennies plus tard, la journ\u00e9e du 23 septembre est ancr\u00e9e dans le calendrier m\u00e9moriel togolais. En 2026, les comm\u00e9morations du 40e anniversaire rev\u00eatent une dimension particuli\u00e8re. D\u00e9sormais elles se jouent entre les d\u00e9p\u00f4ts de gerbes \u00e0 la Place des Martyrs \u00e0 Lom\u00e9 et dans les chefs-lieux de r\u00e9gion, les c\u00e9r\u00e9monies religieuses \u0153cum\u00e9niques (pri\u00e8res \u00e0 la mosqu\u00e9e Kadhafi, cultes protestants et messes catholiques) c\u00e9l\u00e9br\u00e9es pour la m\u00e9moire des victimes, et la sensibilisation nationale ax\u00e9e sur la coh\u00e9sion sociale, la paix et la pr\u00e9vention de l’extr\u00e9misme violent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

D’un \u00e9pisode de crise arm\u00e9e majeur, cette date est devenue un symbole de pr\u00e9servation de la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 nationale et d’unit\u00e9 pour le Togo contemporain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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