Togo

Coup: Fromer Burkina Faso Leader Damiba Flees To Togo

October 3, 2022 7:26 pm

The government of Togo has on Monday made some confirmations that the controversial ousted Burkina Faso leader, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has finally fled to Togo after a military coup.

It also revealed that the West African bloc ECOWAS has made some plans to send envoys to Burkina Faso after some of the troops had toppled Damiba in the country’s second putsch in nine months.

Read Also: Burkina Junta Leader Damiba Agrees To Step Down – Mediators

Akodah Ayewouadan who is Togo’s Minister of Communication and government spokesman had revealed that Damiba was in Togo as part of the country’s …

Togo Launches West Africa’s Biggest Solar Plant

June 25, 2021 1:42 am

Togo has inaugurated the largest solar plant in West Africa a strong move aimed at increasing access to electricity and develop renewables in the small coastal country.

The 50-megawatt facility, located in central Togo, will provide power to more than 158,000 households and save more than one million tonnes of CO2 emissions, Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe said on Twitter late Tuesday.

‘This project is the fruit of our ambition to bring universal access to electricity and provide clean and renewable energy to all.’

‘I am thrilled it was done in record time’ (18 months), he added.

Read Also: UAE Commences

…

Togo Opposition Calls For Protests Against Elections

February 26, 2020 4:39 pm

Togo’s opposition continues to refuse to recognise the results of the 2020 presidential election as announced by the country’s electoral commission and is calling on people to take to the streets to express their dissatisfaction with the re-election of incumbent President Faure Gnassingbé for a fourth term.

The victory of the people cannot be stolen, according to Philippe Kpodzro, a former archbishop of the capital Lomé and one of the main supporters of opposition leader Agbéyomé Kodjo. The clergyman says the provisional results announced on Sunday night by the electoral commission are a “farce” and “comical”. He calls on the …