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| Togolese Transition | | Last Updated 06/02/2006 12:54:00 |
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 | Togo remembers Eyadema | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - Ceremonies commemorating the first
anniversary of the death of former Togolese President
Gnassingbe Eyadema, who died 5 February last year, started
here Friday with a Mass at the Lome Cathedral and prayers
at a big Mosque in the Togolese capital.
04/02/2006 full text... |
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| Togo's Faure Eyadema supports Laurent Gbagbo | | Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Togolese President Faure
Essozimna Gnassingbe has implicitly supported President Laurent
Gbagbo in Yamoussoukro, Friday in his stand-off with a coalition
of seven opposition parties out of the 10 signatories of the
Linas-Marcoussis peace agreements.
12/08/2005 full text... |
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| Faure, Olympio agree to curb violence in Togo | | Paris, France (PANA) - Togolese leader Faure
Gnassingbe and his main political opponent, Gilchrist
Olympio, have agreed in Rome, Italy, to curb violence
in their country, a statement issued Friday by the
Sant'Egidio religious community said.
22/07/2005 full text... |
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| Opposition rejects new Togolese government | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - Three major parties in Togo's
opposition coalition -- the Action Committee for Renewal
(CAR), the African Peoples' Democratic Convention (CDPA)
and the Union of the Forces for Change (UFC) -- have
rejected the new Togolese government.
24/06/2005 full text... |
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| Gilchrist Olympio proposes 6-18 month transition in Togo | | Paris, France (PANA) - The chairman of the opposition Union of
Forces of Change (UFC), Gilchrist Olympio, proposed Friday in
Paris a six to 18 month transitional administration in Togo to
pull the country out of the political impasse triggered by the
death of President Gnassingbe Eyadema on 5 February.
17/06/2005 full text... |
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| Edem Kodjo appointed Togo's new premier | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - Togolese President Faure
Gnassingbe on Wednesday appointed chairman of the
opposition Pan-African and Patriotic Convergence
(CPP), Edem Kodjo, as the country's new prime
minister.
08/06/2005 full text... |
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| EU supports Togolese reconciliation initiatives | | Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Union supported
recent initiatives taken by the AU through its Peace and
Security Council (PSC), particularly the appointment of a
special envoy to mediate between the Togolese parties, the
EU has said.
06/06/2005 full text... |
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| Koffigoh to head inquiry into election violence | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - Togo's former Prime Minister
Joseph Kokou Koffigoh has been appointed to chair an
inquiry commission into the violence and vandalism
that took place before, during and after the
country's 24 April presidential election, official
sources said here on Thursday.
26/05/2005 full text... |
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| Togo crisis to end soon, says AU chair | | Paris, France (PANA) - Nigerian President and AU
chair Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday expressed in
Paris hope that Togolese leaders would soon reach an
agreement to get the country out of its current
political crisis by forming a government of national
unity.
25/05/2005 full text... |
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| Gabon's Bongo Ondimba off to Abuja | | Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabonese President Omar
Bongo Ondimba on Thursday left Libreville for Abuja
to meet with his Nigerian counterpart, Olusegun
Obasanjo, to discuss the Togolese crisis, the
Gabonese State House said.
19/05/2005 full text... |
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| Ghana opposition cautions govt on Togo relations | | Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanas's main opposition party,
the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has urged the
government to be "circumspect" in dealing with
Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe, particularly as
the political crisis in that country was not yet
over.
19/05/2005 full text... |
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| Togo opposition demand "transitional" government | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - The Togo opposition on Friday
ruled out any participation in a proposed government
of national unity, saying instead they wanted the
setting up of "a joint transitional management" of
power with three key conditions.
13/05/2005 full text... |
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| Togo rights body deplores EU parliament's position | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese Movement for the
Defence of Liberties and Human Rights (MTDLDH) on
Friday lamented at the refusal of the European Union
parliament to acknowledge the legitimacy of the April
poll that put Faure Gnassingbe in power.
13/05/2005 full text... |
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| Togo's RPT youth disrupt human rights ceremony | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - Members of the Togolese People's
Rally (RPT), the ruling party, on Friday disrupted in
Lome the presentation ceremony of a preliminary
report on the human rights abuses before, during and
after the 24 April presidential election.
13/05/2005 full text... |
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| Over 800 killed in Togo's post-election violence | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese Human Rights League (LTDH)
announced here Friday that 811 persons were killed and 4,508
others injured during violence that erupted after results of the
24 April presidential election were released.
13/05/2005 full text... |
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| Faure Gnassingbe takes oath Wednesday | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - New Togolese President Faure
Gnassingbe, officially declared on Tuesday as the
winner of the 24 April election by the Constitutional
Court with 60.15 percent of the vote, will be sworn
into office on Wednesday, official sources said here.
04/05/2005 full text... |
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| Security forces seize control of Lome | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - Heavily armed security forces started
patrolling the streets of Lome, and took complete control of the
city shortly after the constitutional court on Tuesday afternoon
confirmed Faure Gnassingbe as president of Togo following the 24
April election.
03/05/2005 full text... |
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| Faure Gnassingbe briefs Kadhafi on Togo's situation | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Togolese President Faure
Gnassingbe Sunday night in Tripoli briefed Colonel
Muammar Kadhafi on results of the 24 April
presidential poll in Togo, reassuring him of the
situation in his country, official sources said here.
02/05/2005 full text... |
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| Faure Gnassingbe briefs Kadhafi on Togo poll | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Rally for the Togolese People
(RPT) chairman Faure Gnassingbe, the declared winner
in last week's presidential election, on Saturday
called on Libyan leader Mouammar Kadhafi to brief him
on the political situation prevailing in his country.
30/04/2005 full text... |
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| Rights groups urge court to invalidate Togo vote | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - A coalition of Togo's civil
society organisations and unions have urged the
country's constitutional court to annul results of
the 24 April presidential election giving a 60.22 per
cent victory to Faure Gnassigbe.
30/04/2005 full text... |
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| 100 die in Togo's post-election upheavals | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - About 100 people died and many more were
injured or missing in the violence that followed the proclamation
last Tuesday of the results of the presidential election in Togo,
the country's Human Rights League (LTDH) said here Friday.
29/04/2005 full text... |
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| Togo parades suspected killers of Malians | |
Lome, Togo (PANA) - Togo police on Friday paraded
seven people who allegedly killed eight Malians in
during the violence that followed the results of the
24 April poll giving Faure Gnassignbe the presidency.
29/04/2005 full text... |
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| Togolese opposition accuses govt of scheming killings | | Paris, France (PANA) - The chairman of the Paris branch of
Togo's leading opposition party, the Union of Forces for
Change (UFC), Christian Dablaka, has accused the government
of planning in advance the ongoing killings in lome since the
proclamation of Faure Gnassingbe Eyadema's electoral victory.
29/04/2005 full text... |
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| US challenges election results in Togo | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - The US Thursday denounced irregularities in
the presidential election held last Sunday in Togo and suggested
the formation of a government of national reconciliation,
including the country's major political forces.
28/04/2005 full text... |
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| Eleven die in clashes in eastern Togo | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - Post-election clashes on Tuesday and
Wednesday between opposition youths and Togolese security forces
left 11 people dead and more than 60 others injured in Aheho, 45
km southeast of Lome, hospital sources told PANA Thursday.
28/04/2005 full text... |
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| Post-poll crisis in Togo worries EU | |
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Louis Michel, the European
Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid,
has expressed great concern over the prevailing
instability Togo following the presidential elections
the Faure Gnassingbe won to succeed his father, the
late President Gnassingbe Eyadema.
28/04/2005 full text... |
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| Eight charred bodies found in Lome | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - Togo police said they discovered
on Wednesday eight charred dead bodies in Adakpame,
an eastern suburb of the capital Lome, whose
identities has not yet been established.
28/04/2005 full text... |
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| Paris worries about French nationals in Togo | | Paris, France (PANA) - Paris expressed concern Wednesday about
the security of French nationals in Togo, following a wave of
violence after Faure Gnassingbe of the ruling Togolese Peoples
Movement (RPT) was declared winner of last weekend's presidential
election there.
27/04/2005 full text... |
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| Akitani-Bob proclaims self Togo's president-elect | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - Opposition coalition candidate Emmanuel
Akitani-Bob, citing "returns from polling stations," Wednesday
claimed victory in the presidential election held last weekend in
Togo, and called for a "for resistance" after the authorities
declared Faure Gnassingbe of the ruling RPT party winner.
27/04/2005 full text... |
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| Togolese protest Faure Gnassingbe's election | | Paris, France (PANA) - Dozens of people on Wednesday
demonstrated in front of Togo's embassy in Paris to
denounce the election on Sunday of Faure Gnassingbe,
the Togolese People's Party (RPT)'s candidate who was
declared winner of the presidential poll with a 60.22
per cent majority.
27/04/2005 full text... |
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| Togolese ignore independence anniversary | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - The 45th independence anniversary in Togo
came and went Wednesday almost unnoticed this year, save for a
torch-light ceremony led earlier Tuesday evening by interim
president Abass Bonfoh.
27/04/2005 full text... |
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| Togolese soldiers fire across border | | Aflao, Ghana (PANA) - Three people were injured when Togolese
soldiers fired across the border with Ghana at Aflao, shortly
after the results of the presidential election there were
declared on Tuesday.
27/04/2005 full text... |
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| Togo poll makes headlines in France | | Paris, France (PANA) - French dailies on Wednesday
dwelled on the situation in Togo following the
publication of the results of Sunday's presidential
poll that confirmed the election of Faure Gnassingbe.
27/04/2005 full text... |
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| FIDH condemns Togo poll as unfair | | Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - France-based International
Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) has condemned the
"numerous irregularities" observed during Togo's
presidential election on Sunday as well as the
violence that left seven people dead during the
campaign.
27/04/2005 full text... |
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| Faure Gnassingbe briefs Kadhafi on Togolese poll results | | Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Togolese People's Rally (RPT) presidential
candidate Faure Gnassingbe, who was declared winner of last Sunday's
presidential election, has been holding talks with Libyan leader Colonel
Moammar Kadhafi on the outcome of the polls and the prevailing situation
in the West African nation.
27/04/2005 full text... |
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| Opposition urges France to stop massacre in Togo | | Paris, France (PANA) - Chairman of the France wing of the Union
of the Forces for Change (UFC), Christian Dablaka has told French
authorities to stop the killings that began in Togo since the
announcement of the victory of Faure Gnassingbe in the
presidential election held last Sunday.
27/04/2005 full text... |
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| Togolese opposition in Paris challenges election results | | Paris, France (PANA) - The Paris-based Togolese Resistance
Committee (CTR) Tuesday called for a popular uprising in protest
against the declared victory of the ruling Togolese Peoples
Movement (RPT) candidate Faure Gnassingbe in last weekend's
presidential election in Togo.
26/04/2005 full text... |
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| Panic engulfs Lome after poll results | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - Police Tuesday cordoned off Lome, the Togolese
capital, following the announcement of results of the 24 April
presidential polls, plunging the city into a state of political and
security uncertainty.
26/04/2005 full text... |
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| Gnassingbe wins Togo poll with 60.22% of votes | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - Faure Gnassingbe, candidate of the ruling Rally of
the Togolese People (RPT), has won Sunday's presidential poll with 60.22
percent of the valid votes, according to provisional results released
here Tuesday by the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI).
26/04/2005 full text... |
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| France gives Togo's election thumbs up | | Paris, France (PANA) - France has expressed satisfaction over the
presidential election held last Sunday in Togo, and described the
numerous clashes that punctuated voting in Lome and several other
cities in the country as "isolated incidents".
26/04/2005 full text... |
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| Sacked Home minister's poll stay call stirs jubilation | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - Scores of Togolese, mostly opposition sympathisers,
took to the streets here Friday after Home Affairs minister François
Akila-Esso Boko called for the postponement of Sunday's presidential
poll, fearing it could stir instability in the West African state.
22/04/2005 full text... |
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| Pre-election tension in Togo worries RSF | | Paris, France (PANA) - The International organisation for the
freedom of expression, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), on
Thursday said it was "worried" over the tension prevailing in
Togo ahead of next Sunday's election, and appealed to Togolese
authorities and the media to exhibit calm.
21/04/2005 full text... |
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| Togolese candidate hails meeting with Tandja | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - A candidate in Togo's presidential election
Sunday, Nicolas Lawson, said here Thursday the meeting with
President Mamadou Tandja of Niger in Niamey Wednesday had helped
to forge a compromise on the need to hold the 24 April poll in
a calm atmosphere.
21/04/2005 full text... |
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| Togolese opposition signs peace accord with ruling party | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - Leaders of the ruling Togolese People's Rally
(RTP) and the opposition signed last week in Atakpame, about 160
km north of Lome, a peace agreement in the presence of the
country's Prime Minister Koffi Sama, the state-owned daily 'Togo
presse' reported Wednesday.
20/04/2005 full text... |
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| Ruling Togolese party candidate for Niamey talks | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - Faure Gnassingbe, candidate of the ruling
Togolese People's Rally (RPT) has accepted to fly to Niamey
Wednesday to attend a meeting called by President Mamadou Tandja
of Niger, who is also the current ECOWAS chairman.
20/04/2005 full text... |
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| Togolese opposition sets condition for Niamey meeting | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - The general co-ordinator of the Togolese
opposition coalition, Yawovi Agboyibo says his group will only
travel to Niamey to meet the current ECOWAS chairman, President
Mamadou Tandja of Niger if all the presidential candidates accept
to postpone the poll from 24 April.
19/04/2005 full text... |
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| Opposition, ruling party members clash in Lome | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - Clashes on Tuesday afternoon erupted between
members of the coalition of opposition parties and supporters of
the Rally of the Togolese People (the ruling RPT), in Baguida,
the south-eastern suburbs of Lome, corroborating sources told
PANA.
19/04/2005 full text... |
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| Togolese opposition begins election campaign | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - Gilchrist Olympio, the leader of the Union
of Forces for Change (UFC) was present in Lome Saturday when
the Togolese opposition coalition launched its campaign for
the 24 presidential election.
17/04/2005 full text... |
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| Togolese CENI happy with distribution of cards | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - Togo's Independent National Electoral
Commission (CENI) asserted in a news release issued here
Wednesday that the revision of electoral rolls and distribution
of voters cards had been done in a satisfactory manner.
13/04/2005 full text... |
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| US urges credible polls in Togo | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - The new Charge d'Affaires at the US embassy here,
Charles Twining has said Washington expects the forthcoming presidential
election in Togo to be credible, the government-owned Togo Presse
reported here Wednesday.
13/04/2005 full text... |
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| Rights violations in Togo troubles OIF | | Paris, France (PANA) - The Permanent Council of the International
Organisation of the Francophonie (CPF) is concerned about growing
violation of rights and freedoms in Togo, according to a resolution the
council issued here Friday.
09/04/2005 full text... |
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| Ex-Togolese premier reportedly detained in Kara | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - Former Togolese Prime Minister Agbeyome Kodjo who
was arrested on arrival near the border with Benin Friday afternoon, has
allegedly been detained in Kara, about 145 north of Lome, reliable
sources said here on Friday night.
08/04/2005 full text... |
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| Togo's ex-PM due home Friday | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - Former Togolese Prime Minister Agbéyomé
Kodjo, exiled in France after friction with the regime of the
late President Gnassingbe Eyadema, is expected home on Friday,
reliable sources said here.
08/04/2005 full text... |
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| Togo's ruling party wants election date kept | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - Thousands of partisans from the ruling
Togolese People's Rally (RPT) Saturday demonstrated here
to demand that the 24 April date of the presidential
election be maintained by the election commission.
26/03/2005 full text... |
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| Compaore pays tribute at Eyadema's grave | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaore
Saturday visited the burial site of president Gnassingbe
Eyadema, who died of a heart attack 5 February, to pay
tribute to his fallen colleague.
26/03/2005 full text... |
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| Benin readies observers for Togo poll | | Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - An observer mission comprising
about 30 Beninese politicians close to the regime of
president Mathieu Kerekou leaves here shortly for Togo to
observe preparations leading to the 24 April presidential
poll.
26/03/2005 full text... |
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| Kofi Yamgnane withdraws bid for Togolese presidency | | Paris, France (PANA) - A Franco-Togolese national, Kofi
Yamgnane, Wednesday announced his withdrawal from the 24
April presidential election in Togo, declaring support for
Emmanuel Bob-Akitani, the candidate of a grouping of
opposition parties.
23/03/2005 full text... |
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| Aspirant calls for shift in Togolese poll | | Paris, France (PANA) - Franco-Togolese Kofi Yamgnane, who
had declared his intention to seek the presidency of the
West African state, Wednesday called for a postponement of
the 24 April poll on grounds that it was "practically
impossible" to conduct credible balloting within 60 days.
23/03/2005 full text... |
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| Two Togolese dissidents consult with Bongo | | Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabonese President Omar Bongo Ondimba
granted audience here Monday to two former bigwigs of the ruling
Togolese People Movement (RPT), former House Speaker Maurice Pere
and one-time Prime Minister Agbéyomé Messan Kodjo.
14/03/2005 full text... |
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| Lome bids Eyadema farewell | | Lome, Togo (PANA) - The funeral of Gnassingbe Eyadema, who died
on 5 February, officially started here Sunday morning in the
presence of several heads of state and government of the sub-
region as well as other foreign delegations.
13/03/2005 full text... |
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