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Togo: Human Rights Organizations Pressure President Gnassingbé

For the second consecutive time in 2012, the Organisations de défense des droits de l’homme (Organizations for the Defense of Human Rights - ODDH) expressed their discontent with the prevailing socio-political situation in Togo.

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Togo: Journalists Rally to Protect Free Press

On August 6, journalists in Togo rallied in the streets of Lomé to protest against threats to their colleagues. The protest was launched by the association 'SOS Journalists in Danger', who believe that the threats originate from the national intelligence agency. Sylvio Chombey explains further.

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Togo: Fragile Truce Emerges After Five Weeks of Student Protests

West African country Togo's students' struggle for better education conditions is now in its fifth week and despite a recent truce, tensions remains high in the capital Lomé. Amongst the students' demands for better education conditions, are an increase in and payment of their grants.

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Tragedy bookends Year 2010 for Francophone Citizen Media 26 December 2010
Benin: Text Messages to Help Protect Children Against Violence: Lessons Learned 19 October 2010
Mauritius: Facing Their Past in South Africa's Footsteps 17 September 2010
Togo: The Most Hilarious Sports Joke of the Year 16 September 2010
Africa: HIV Positive Women Sterilized, Discriminated Against and Stigmatized 12 September 2010

Latest stories about Togo

3 December 2011

African Bloggers React To UNESCO's Admission Of Palestine

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Translated by Patricia Worth · History, Religion

The admission of Palestine as a full member of UNESCO on 31 October 2011 has prompted an intense debate, with people taking very different stands. Africans from the continent as well as the diaspora have also taken an active part in the debate online. However, whether they agreed or disagreed with Palestine's admission to UNESCO, the different sides have often projected the debate onto the internal problems of their own countries.

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6 January 2011

COP 16: Agreement on Form But Without the Funds

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Translated by Diana Rhudick · Development, Environment

The 16th Conference of the Parties (COP 16) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) ended in Cancun last December 11 with the adoption of a host of decisions. Bloggers in Bolivia, Mexico, and Togo give a lukewarm reception to the decisions, which don't seem to have a clearly defined roadmap for their financing.

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2 October 2010

Sahel Region: On Paying Ransom for Hostages

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Translated by Lova Rakotomalala · Environment, Human Rights

Hostage-taking by a militant Islamist group called Al-Qaeda in The Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is on the rise in the Sahel region which spans across several countries in the north of Africa. In order to free hostages, governments and companies have put political pressure on the African nations involved, or opted to pay ransoms directly. However, the strategy of paying ransom is often decried as ineffective and dangerous in the long run.

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7 August 2010

Voices of Young African Leaders Heard at Obama's Forum

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Ideas, Freedom of Speech

The President's Forum with Young African Leaders took place in Washington, DC from August 3-5 2010. Delegates from Sub Saharan Africa were invited to exchange ideas on development in their countries as many were celebrating their 50 years of independence.

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2 July 2010

Togo: Women and Adolescents Embrace Technology for Development

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Development, Education

On June 17th, the third panafrican conference on best practices in ICT in francophone Africa opened in Ouagadougou. The Togolese blogosphere is embracing the potential of information technology for development, especially women and young people.

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8 June 2010

50 Years Later, Independence and the Resource Curse in Francophone Africa

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Development, Environment

Francophone Africa is celebrating 50 years of independence in 2010. Many Africans voices are wondering out loud what is there to celebrate, given the mediocre level of human development achieved since independence.

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18 May 2010

Côte d'Ivoire - Ghana: Friends and Foes at World Cup 2010

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · Arts & Culture, Education

Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana will be the two nations representing the West African region at the World Cup 2010 in South Africa. For the first time, the World Cup will...

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25 April 2010

ICT for Development in Francophone Africa

Written by Lova Rakotomalala · The Future of ICT for Development

Although there is undoubtedly a strong push to grow information and communication technology (ICT) initiatives for development in francophone Africa, the region is still somewhat lagging behind their English-speaking neighbors.

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13 January 2010

Africa: 2010 Africa Cup of Nations Starts: What Do We Expect?

Written by Richard Wanjohi · Sport

This year Africa’s in the sports arena for all the right reasons. First to shine the spotlight is definitely the Confederation of Africa's (CAF) African Cup of Nations being held in Angola which is just a stone’s throw away from South Africa, which hosts the World Cup in June later on this year.

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12 January 2010

Togo Disqualified from African Cup Following Deadly Attack

Written by Jennifer Brea · Sport, War & Conflict

Togo's national football team has been formally disqualified from the African Cup of Nations following Friday's deadly attack on the team's convoy in Cabinda, a region of Angola long troubled by separatist violence. With plenty of criticism for the Angolan government and African football officials, Togolese bloggers ask hard questions about the tragedy.

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Updates about Togo

17 May 2012

French

Commenting on the declaration of assets of the new French President Francois Hollande, Jeogo wrote [fr]: “What is certain is that the patrimony of Francois Hollande (..) is no match for the patrimony of the “big shots “of the Togolese Republic (..) yet the crowded university is still without air-conditioned computer rooms; one room is equipped with a score of old computers that are not connected to the internet and where a power outage often ends the class sessions.”

• Abdoulaye Bah

22 January 2012

French

Ayetan Charles wrote [fr]: “Beyond the formal proceedings, the public and the private hearings on the Commission on Truth, Justice and Reconciliation (CVJR), it is once again possible for the population to listen to other revelations about the political violence that the country experienced from 1958 to 1960. “

• Abdoulaye Bah

29 December 2011

Italian

Following the murder of two Senegalese men in Florence, Italy, migrant African workers released an open letter on the web [it] to renew their call for dialogue with citizens of Rosarno, where in January 2010 violent riots took place. ‘Those that in the past few days have spread fear when talking about us will be held accountable.’ they write. ‘We’re here to work and contribute to the development of this town and region.’

• Ylenia Gostoli

28 November 2011

French

Nadege Mambe mourns the third tragic loss [fr] for the Togolese football world in 5 years. After the plane crash in Sierra Leone that took the live of the Minister of Sports 5 years ago and the attack of the team bus in Cabinda by Angolese separatist guerillas in 2010, 8 players from the defending national champion l' Etoile Filante de Lomé [fr] died when the team bus capsized and burnt on their way to the town of Sokodé a couple of days ago.

• Lova Rakotomalala

24 August 2011

French

In its presentation of the third edition of BlogCamp Togo, togocouleurs explains that [fr] the Togolese blogosphere coined a new word for “blog” in the Ewé language (spoken in Togo, Ghana and Benin) : “with the vote taking place directly on the ETTIC [fr] ('Togolese Space for Information and Communication Technologies') Facebook wall, the neologism « Nyablog » was chosen by the majority of voters as the translation for blog (ahead of other options such as kaméhoma, kamégbalé or kamégnakaka).

• Abdoulaye Bah

9 August 2011

French

Le blog de Toussine reminds readers that as of August 8, 2011, Togo telecom have switched [fr] to 8-digit landline and mobile telephone numbers. “A modification that requires updating contacts in Togo.”

• Claire Ulrich

6 August 2011

French

Nadia Khouri-Dagher writes a post on afrik.com [fr] where she praises the peanut, a condiment that has been integrated in most African cuisines: “Senegalese Chicken Mafé, Malian Peanuts Tiguadegue sauce, Ghanean Inkatse-abè sauce, Togolese Azindéssi sauce, Beninese Aziin nusunnu sauce, Congolese moambe chicken, Peanut rougail from Reunion Islands,… : The peanut or goober composes a wide array of dishes and popular and delicious in the majority of Sub-Saharan African countries !”

• Abdoulaye Bah

4 July 2011

French

Nadia Khouri-Dagher observes in her article about the journey of the cocoa bean [fr] on afrik.com that: “West Africa represents 70% of world cocoa production, but only 3% of world cocoa consumption.”

• Abdoulaye Bah

2 July 2011

French

On 24^th June 2011 the Togolese blogger, Sylvio Combey, denounced on his blog [fr]: ”[The president] Faure Gnassingbé has given $200,000 (about 92 million CFA francs) to a country [Japan] which is suffering great losses and paying the consequences of its nuclear policy. You just have to look at the economic gap between Japan and Togo, a country where more than 62.3% of the people have an income of less than $2 US per day (about 1000 CFA francs), to wonder whether you should laugh or cry.”

• Abdoulaye Bah

30 May 2011

French

“Starting August 7, 2011, at 00.00 GMT, a new 8 digits telephone dialing system will be implemented in Togo.” Louis Bararmna on African News details what this will change for users [Fr] when calling landlines and mobile phones in Togo.

• Claire Ulrich