The Togo football team have lodged a legal complaint in Paris against the African Football Confederation and a rebel group behind a deadly attack prior to the African Nations Cup in Angola last month.
Togo were forced to quit the 2010 African Nations Cup by their government after two members of their delegation were shot and killed during an ambush when they arrived in the Angolan enclave Cabinda.
The decision not to participate ultimately led CAF president Issa Hayatou to ban Togo from the 2012 and 2014 tournaments because of governmental interference.
The state of Togo and relatives of the two victims are now plaintiffs in a suit targeting the CAF and one of the two rebel groups which claimed responsibility for the attack.
Relatives of the two victims say they hold the CAF responsible for failing to assure the safety of the team from injury or death, while the state of Togo holds the Forces for the Liberation of the State of Cabinda-Military Position rebel group responsible for acts of terrorism, assassination and attempts to assassinate.
