Africans would not sit by this time for any of their leaders to be killed as was done to others in the past, like Patrice Lumumba, Sylvanus Olympio, Samoura Machell, Thomas Sankara, Gaddafi and more.

For Sylvanus Olympio, 60, President of Togo, the nightmare began shortly after midnight. Disturbed by strange sounds in his comfortable house in the capital city of Lomé, Olympio grabbed a pistol ...

1963: West African Republic of Togo’s President Sylvanus Olympio is murdered by Sgt Gnassingbe Eyadema in a military coup. 1966: Robert C Weaver becomes the first black Cabinet member as he is ...

Togo’s first president, Sylvanus Olympio, was killed in January 1963. Two years later, in January 1965, Pierre Ngendandumwe, Burundi’s Prime Minister, was assassinated. In the year before the ...

Togo’s first president, Sylvanus Olympio, was killed in January 1963. Two years later, in January 1965, Pierre Ngendandumwe, Burundi’s Prime Minister, was assassinated. In the year before the ...

France on January 13, 1963 carried out the first coup in Africa and in the process, summarily executed President Sylvanus Olympio of Togo. For over 50 years, it forced 14 African countries to keep ...

1 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sylvanus Olympio University Hospital Center, Lomé, Togo. 2 Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Campus University Hospital Center, Lomé, Togo. 3 ...

1960 - Togolese Republic becomes independent. 1961 - Sylvanus Olympio becomes first president in elections boycotted by the opposition. Opposition parties are dissolved. Country brecomes one-party ...

Four months after the assassination of President Sylvanus Olympio by a disgruntled army sergeant, the Togolese electorate went dutifully to the polls this week to choose a new government.