TOGOLESE NEWS IN NIGERIA

The Kara region, specifically the Kozah prefecture, has been the subject of a political embargo that has been unheard of for months. Saturday, the wolves defending this locality have reissued the demonstration of their dislike for all that is initiative of an opposition member, on the person of the leader of the Socialist Pact for Renewal, PSR.  Party 420 km north of Lome to train young people in Kara as part of a project called ambassadors of democracy and citizenship initiated by Professor Komi WOLOU, supporters of the old order simply ordered the evacuation of places, in full formation. The initiator Komi Wolou reassures to have carried out all the administrative formalities, before assembling young people of the Kozah at the hotel MIRA, just at the entrance of the city of Kara Saturday. This did not prevent the elements of the gendarmerie to disembark without warning, blur the work session on the lookout for a strong evacuation of the occupants of the premises. The i...

The largest hotel in Togo has a new operator. It is Emaar Hospitality Group, a real estate company based in Dubai specializing in hospitality and leisure.  The Emaar Hospitality Group has just taken over the operation of the 2 February Hotel. It has signed a contract with the Kaylan Hospitality Development (KHD) concessionaire and aims to make better use of the flagship of Togolese tourism. It is with this in mind that a new Director General, the German Marcel Brekelmans was appointed a few weeks ago. After the departure of Carlson Redizor who operated the hotel, after its renovation, under the brand Radisson, left in August 2017 Togo for "dissensions on the management and development strategy," it is said. The new operator owns a dozen operational hotels and residences under the brand name Address Hotels + Resorts.

The Minister of Security and Civil Protection, Yark Damehane is promoted to the rank of Brigadier General of the Togolese Armed Forces (FAT), the Afreepress News Agency has learned from several sources close to the mute.  Several other FAT officers also obtained promotions, such as the Chief of General Staff of the Togolese Armed Forces, Brigadier General Félix Kadhanga who became a Major General while his deputy Colonel ADJITOWU Komlan was elevated to the rank of Brigadier General. A few days ago, several sources gave for seriously bedridden, Minister Yark Damehane. An information denied by his entourage that speaks of "rough editing". This appointment comes to situate the opinion and fix the ones and the others on the state of availability of the former boss of the national gendarmerie.

This assessment was prepared before the national and international media professionals in Lomé this morning, by the Coalition of 14 opposition parties at the CDPA headquarters in Akassimé, Lomé.  If everyone was able to observe the special forces of the gendarmerie USIG, the military, police and gendarmes heavily armed tracking civilians everywhere in Togo on April 11, 12 and 14 in Lomé, the record was mixed since worn by unofficial sources. The opposition this morning, clarifies the situation: "One dead, 174 wounded including 92 in serious condition among which women and children. 253 arrests including 227 released to date. The rest, 26 people held in the Lomé civil prison and one person in Kpalimé in his capacity as PNP Federal Secretary "indicates the statement of the coalition of 14 opposition parties. But that's not all. Still on the assets of the Togolese Armed Forces, the coalition denounces a number of "significant material damage to the property of ...

"An opposition leader in the wrong place at the wrong time: What was Jean-Pierre Fabre looking for on the Saturday night at the February 2 hotel?" Asked the confrere of the newspaper "Awakening of the Nation" in its publication N ° 549 of Tuesday, April 17, 2018. At a press conference on Wednesday morning in Lomé, the interested party provided some answers to the question.  "In principle, I should let Madam Brigitte Adjamagbo Johnson answer this question. Because on Saturday after the repressions, I was quietly resting when she told me that the Minister of Security of Ghana, Mr. Albert Kan-Dapaah, would like to meet me. So she sent me. She is responsible for this situation now [laughs]. If she had not told me that the Minister of Security, Albert Kan-Dapaah was trying to meet me, today no one would say that Jean-Pierre Fabre went to betray the people. Those who wait for me to betray the people, will wait a long time, "said the leader of the Togoles...

The extraordinary session of the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), devoted to the crisis in Guinea Bissau, ended on Saturday, April 14, 2018 in Lome.  Several recommendations were made to the politicians of Guinea-Bissau, but also to Togolese political leaders. "The follow-up committee set up by ECOWAS will accompany step by step the process of standardization in Guinea Bissau, said Robert Dussey, the Togolese Minister of Foreign Affairs. A commitment that has materialized in the appointment on Monday, April 16, 2018, of a new Prime Minister and the resumption of the normal functioning of the Guinea-Bissau institutions in the image of the parliament which resumes its sessions. The situation in Togo has also been studied. The Heads of State and Government solemnly called on "all political parties and civil society to refrain from any acts of violence and all acts that may constitute a threat to the peace and ...

Winnie Mandela, one of the anti-apartheid figures, died last Monday at the age of 81. The Togolese Head of State salutes the memory of "a great icon".  It was on his twitter account that Faure Gnassingbé reacted following the death of Winnie Mandela, a fierce fighter of apartheid. "Africa loses a great icon of the struggle for freedom and the right of peoples to oppose alienation. All our condolences to the rainbow nation and the family of the deceased, "he writes. The Togolese head of state wants "to express (his) deep compassion and that of his compatriots, towards the South African people weeping over the disappearance of Mrs. Winnie Madikizela-Mandela". Very popular in her country, the "mother of the nation" was the wife of Nelson Mandela, the first black president of Africa in Africa. They divorced in 1996. A controversial figure, she died Monday, April 2, 2018 at 2 pm at Milkpark Hospital in Johannesburg. The funeral ceremonies ...