Leaders of the 14 opposition political parties of Togo who are in Accra for mediation talks with President Akufo-Addo say they will not back down on their demand for President Faure Gnassingbe to step down peacefully. Ahead of their meeting with Nana Akufo-Addo Wednesday afternoon, Nathaniel Olympio of the Parti des Togolais told TV3’s Komla … Read more
Bawumia now acting President as Akufo-Addo leaves for three-nation visit Ghana’s president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Accra Friday for a 10-day three-nation visit to Togo, United States and Germany Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia is consequently acting in the president’s stead until March 5, when Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to return. Nana Akufo-Addo … Read more
An Accra Circuit Court has granted bail to some 26 Togolese nationals arrested for staging an unlawful demonstration against President Faure Gnassingbe. The Togolese nationals were arrested last Saturday for congregating at the Nima Kawukudi Park without police permit. They were going to replicate a demonstration by Togo opposition parties against the Gnassingbe dynasty. The … Read more
President of the National House of Chiefs, Togbe Afede XIV, has called on West African leaders to work towards ensuring democratic change in Togo where thousands of government opposition supporters are demanding an end to the Gnasssingbe rule. Speaking exclusively to TV3’s Nana Adua on the current situation in Togo Saturday, Togbe Afede underscored the … Read more
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has issued an alert to all Ghanaian citizens against travelling to neighbouring Togo due to the political tension in that country. Two days of mass procession on major streets by members of the opposition parties have left security fragile in the Francophone country. Internet service has been shut down while … Read more
The voodoo follower stood bare-chested with beads around his neck in the centre of the public square in Bè, a working class district of Togo’s capital, Lome. A dozen priests surrounded him as he made incantations, threw soil and water, and gave an offering to the gods. In the silence, a ram and a cockerel … Read more
Togo’s government on Friday announced a series of Christian, Islamic and voodoo “purification ceremonies” aimed at purging the country of its violent past and promoting reconciliation. The West African nation was rocked by political unrest during presidential elections in 2005, which were won by Faure Gnassingbe, who remains in power. An official death toll from … Read more
Many African political pessimists had retreats of thought, when Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) assisted in ending the iron-fisted rule of Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh of the Gambian Republic in January 2017. Many Africans especially the Gambians were plunged into a cornucopia of euphoria. African political pundits sighed and retorted: West Africa … Read more
The Foreign Affairs Minister Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has laughed off claims that Ghana’s president Akufo-Addo garnered a disappointing two votes to lose out on the ECOWAS chairmanship slot to Togo’s Faure Gnassingbè. Social media is awash with rumours that Akufo-Addo lost miserably to his Togolese counterpart, but Ghana’s Foreign Minister is surprised about the news … Read more
Following the naming of Togolese President, Faure Gnassingbe as the new chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), social media was awash with insinuations that Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo lost a vote to the Togolese president. It is unclear where the rumours emanated from, but a number of persons, notably consisting of … Read more
Togo President, Faure Gnassingbè has been announced as the new chair of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). He takes over from Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to serve as the sub-regional body’s head for the next 12 months. His election was announced on Sunday, June 4, 2017 at the 51st Ordinary Session of … Read more
Former Presidential Staffer, Adu Asare has lambasted State Protocol for the recent official gaffe that saw the Ghana flag turned upside down during the state visit of the Gambian President, Adama Barrow, to the Flagstaff House. The gaffe was apparent at the Flagstaff House when the President Nana Akufo-Addo sat for a photo with the … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo has been courting the Togolese President, Faure Gnassingbé, to allow a 24-hour opening of the Ghana-Togo border. Currently, the border is closed at 10:00pm each day, hampering the easy movement of goods and services between the two countries and other countries within the sub-region. The President made the proposal to Faure Gnassingbé … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo has been courting the Togolese President, Faure Gnassingbé, to allow a 24-hour opening of the Ghana-Togo border. Currently, the border is closed at 10:00pm each day, hampering the easy movement of goods and services between the two countries and other countries within the sub-region. The President made the proposal to Faure Gnassingbé … Read more
Ghana and Togo have resolved to deepen co-operation, as well as strengthen the ties of friendship that exist between them in the sectors of security, immigration, agriculture and water, health, trade, digital economy, environment, energy, transport and the issue of maritime borders. A communiqué issued at the end of the official visit of the President … Read more
Ghana and Togo have resolved to deepen co-operation and strengthen the ties of friendship between them in the areas of security, immigration, agriculture and water, health, trade, digital economy, environment, energy, transport and the issue of maritime borders. Presidents of both countries indicated their willingness to activate “the high level permanent joint Commission of cooperation … Read more
President Akufo-Addo, is advocating for a 24-hour opening of the borders between Ghana and Togo, explaining that this will boost trade and tourism, and, thereby, ensure that the peoples of the two nations reap the economic benefits thereof. According to President Akufo-Addo, “the opening of our borders will give true meaning to the ECOWAS Protocols … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, arrived in Lome, the capital of the Republic of Togo to a rousing welcome from residents, at the commencement of his 3-day visit. Mr Akufo-Addo, who made the trip to Togo by road, was met at the Aflao border by the Togolese President, Faure Essozimna … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, May 2 arrived in the Togo capital of Lome to a rousing welcome from residents, at the commencement of his three-day visit. President Akufo-Addo, who made the trip to Togo by road, was met at the Aflao border by the Togolese President, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, together with hundreds … Read more
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has indicated he misses Ghana’s first President Kwame Nkrumah. Speaking to journalists in Accra on Tuesday as part of his visit to Ghana for the 60th Independence anniversary celebrations, Mr Mugabe said it was a great betrayal to the African cause when Kwame Nkrumah was ousted and had to die … Read more