In Togo, more than 300 Togolese numbers appear in the list of potential targets of the Israeli spyware, Pegasus. The Pegasus project, the gigantic espionage scandal revealed Monday after months of investigation, has provoked indignation, criticism and diplomatic tensions around the world.

Golgolo is one of the closest African countries to the Jewish state. More than 300 people were targeted. They include activists, journalists or political opponents. On the political side, we find among the numbers targeted by the Pegasus spyware those of opponents of the regime of Faure Gnassingbé. This is the case of Tikpi Atchadam, leader of the Pan-African National Party, or Agbéyomé Kodjo, unfortunate candidate for the 2020 presidential election against the head of state. Both now live in exile. Activists and journalists are also targeted, such as David Ekoué Dosseh, founder of the citizen platform Togo Debout or investigative journalist Carlos Ketohou. Contacted by RFI, the director of the newspaper L'Alternative, Ferdinand Ayité – also potentially spied on – does not say he is surprised. If the Israeli company NSO that publishes and markets the Pegasus software disputes these revelations, the Togolese authorities do not deny. Asked by the newspaper Le Monde about the use of Pegasus software in Togo to fight terrorism, President Faure Gnassingbé replied that "each sovereign state is organizing itself to face what threatens it with the means at its disposal ". As for the spying of his opponents, the head of state replies that he cannot confirm it. However, notes Le Monde, he does not exclude it either.