Border skirmishes with Ghana (oct 27, 1960 – jun 21, 1963)

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Ghana-Togo border was closed in an effort to apply economic pressure to Togo and to make Olympio more pliable for an expanded Ghana

In October 1960, the Ghana government imposed tough frontier restrictions, which virtually prohibited the export of goods, instituted tighter currency controls and restricted access for Togolese vehicles.


in mid-1963 barbed wire was strung along the frontier in the south.

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