Togo News

The new Permanent Representative of Togo to the United Nations, Kodjo Menan, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Prior to his appointment, Mr.

Togo's parliament has voted unanimously to abolish the death penalty. The vote was witnessed by Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.

Kunal Batra's body was found in a swimming pool on Sunday in the farmhouse of honorary consul of Togolese Republic in Kapashera in Southwest Delhi.

Holidays are such an important part of each countries tradition along with supporting its culture.

Small loans to families affected by HIV and AIDS in Togo are making entrepreneurs out of victims and improving the lives of their children.

"Our months are named after seasons, but now they mean nothing," Alouka told IANS.

Submitted by Project Africa Team on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 19:33. This morning [Wednesday] we woke up to delicious breakfast: Yogurt & Fruit.

Togo unveils truth commission panel -290509 T HE Togolese government has named members of its "Truth/Justice/Reconciliation" Commission shortly after a meeting of the council of ministers in Lome.

Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe has set up a truth, justice and reconciliation commission to investigate political violence.

The Togolese government Wednesday named members of its "Trut h/Justice/Reconciliation" Commission shortly after a meeting of the council of m i nisters here, according to a statement released by the government.

"To mount an all-black production of a 'Death of a Salesman' or any other play conceived for white actors as an investigation of the human condition through the specifics of white culture is to deny us our own humanity, our own history, and the need to make our own investigations from the cultural ground on which we stand as black Americans," ...

Tensions surrounding the recent arrest of the Togolese president's brother on coup-plotting charges and the detention of other civilians will test reconciliation efforts in the country, still recovering from 2005 election violence, civil society leaders say.

A 67-year-old man from Orebro in central Sweden is in prison in Togo in western Africa suspected of having helped plan a coup in his former homeland.

Then there are strange and weird holidays that really have no meaning besides the mere purpose to have an excuse to celebrate something.

Opposition giants, the Action Congress , have reject ed the result of the Ekiti state governorship re-run at Ido-Osi local government , describing it as an unimaginatively fabricated result that cannot stand any scr u tiny.

" China's government has just announced that Premier Wen Jiabao will be the main speaker at the 2009 Boao Forum for Asia, where the roster of leaders expected to participate is a virtual Who's Who of the continent: President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan, President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, President Faure Gnassingbe of Togo, Prime ...

The International Federation of Journalists on Wednesday, 22 April 2009 called on the High Authority of Audio-visual and Communication , the official regulatory body of the media in Togo, to lift the suspension of interactive emissions on radio and television stations in Togo.

FROM a previously straightforward two-man battle, the fight for the vacant Penang deputy chief minister's post has turned into a tight four-horse race.

Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe Authorities in Togo have banned all radio call-in shows, following the arrest of the president's brother in connection with an alleged plot to overthrow the government.

The United Nations' top regional envoy has warned Togo's government to respect the country's laws as it seeks those responsible for an apparent attempted coup.