If there is a world trade that brings in so much money, it is the arms trade. The armaments industry is doing well because it feeds into armed conflicts that are plaguing the African continent or elsewhere in the world. The most disturbing is when countries that are not at war come to embark on an astonishing, unrestrained race for over-arming, as is the case in Togo.
The arms orders made by Togo since Faure Gnassingbé's accession to power in 2005 have increased exponentially. According to the statement of the information site military budget.org, the importation of war materials has flared up, because of the tremendous sums of money spent by the Togolese state. From 2005, the country bought war material at the rate of 22,400,000,000 FCFA. Respectively from 2008 to 2011, purchases rose to 29,100,000,000 FCFA, 30,900,000,000 FCFA in 2010 and 29,500,000,000 FCFA in 2011.
Along with these figures, Togo has proved to be a good customer of the Hebrew State in 2014. It is the second African country to import weapons from Israel for the sum of 95,500,000,000 FCFA on behalf of this year. The propensity to acquire war material is also reflected in the ranking of African countries importing weapons from France on behalf of the year 2016. Togo is in a good position by occupying 10th place . 2 billion CFA francs have been spent on the purchase of weapons. It can be understood that the leading group has been occupied by the countries that are experiencing the upheaval of terrorist attacks such as Egypt, Algeria, Nigeria , Cameroon, among others. But it is hardly understandable that Togo, which does not know this scourge, embarks on a mad rush to armament.
To see this closely, this arms race is linked to the nature of the regime in place. He has the bad reputation of having the easy trigger by suppressing his own citizens in the blood. Many human rights reports raise these blood crimes committed against people with bare hands. After the 2005 bloody bracket that consecrated Faure Gnassingbé's rise to power, power seemed to be turning back to its bloody past. Great Masses of Reconciliation through the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (CVJR), compensation of victims and the atoning ceremony are decreed.
But it is counting without the habits of a power that systematically represses its population very often for social demands. The argument of the jihadist attacks, the defense of maritime territories, air and land, is brandished to embark on a frantic race to overarm. Orders for war materials have increased worrying even France, Country supplying arms to Togo. Last April, the newspaper "Jeune Afrique" revealed how Jean-Yves Le Drian, the current foreign minister of France imposed a blockade on the purchase of five (5) helicopters Gazelle by Togo. The act of the French minister is in reality a fear of Paris. He did not want weapons to be used against the Togolese people, as was the case in Gabon where materials bought from France were used to attack the headquarters of Jean Ping on 31 August 2016 the unfortunate candidate at the Last presidential Gabon. Even this blockade is far from dissuading Lomé in his will to erect barracks even on every street corner.
The primary needs,
The priority of the army The priority accorded to the army in Togo is indicative of the fact that the regime still retains its peculiarity in the subregion where military regimes tend to disappear. The army is still the central lever in the system of governance in Togo. Colossal resources are being devoted to it for increased surveillance of the population. Apart from the meshing of the territory by security devices, large sums are also spent in the information.
Therefore, by linking Defense to the Presidency, Faure Gnassingbé has shown how he plans to pilot this very sensitive portfolio himself. And the multiple deliveries of weapons to Togo are proof that equipping the country with basic infrastructure comes second. Togolese hospitals are short of everything, while the tremendous amount of money spent on the purchase of weapons could eliminate the problems faced by the health and education sectors. So the country is crumbling under debts that are contracted on the back of the poor taxpayer. The corporate mandate of Faure Gnassingbé proves to be a lure.
Beyond that, the true face of Western democracies is revealed. To provoke war, to fan it and to play firemen. The film "Seigneurs de la guerre" by actor Nicolas Cage is rather revealing of how the armaments industry is turning, fueling conflicts in Africa and constitutes a booty of war for the states supplying arms So the country is crumbling under debts that are contracted on the back of the poor taxpayer. The corporate mandate of Faure Gnassingbé proves to be a lure. Beyond that, the true face of Western democracies is revealed. To provoke war, to fan it and to play firemen. The film "Seigneurs de la guerre" by actor Nicolas Cage is rather revealing of how the armaments industry is turning, fueling conflicts in Africa and constitutes a booty of war for the states supplying arms So the country is crumbling under debts that are contracted on the back of the poor taxpayer. The corporate mandate of Faure Gnassingbé proves to be a lure. Beyond that, the true face of Western democracies is revealed. To provoke war, to fan it and to play firemen. The film "Seigneurs de la guerre" by actor Nicolas Cage is rather revealing of how the armaments industry is turning, fueling conflicts in Africa and constitutes a booty of war for the states supplying arms
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