Tag: Faure Gnassingbe
the new National Assembly took office
In Togo, the new National Assembly is in place. The deputies sat for the first time this Tuesday, May 21, in a legal session for the new legislature. A new…
the prerogatives of the two presidents
In Togo, the new Constitution promulgated on May 6 by President Faure Gnassingbé was published on May 21, shortly before the installation of the National Assembly following the April 29…
large victory for the party of President Faure Gnassingbé, announces the Ceni
The party of Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé won the majority of seats in the National Assembly following the legislative elections on Monday April 29, the Togolese Electoral Commission announced Saturday…
banned meetings, the opposition denounces a power grab
On March 25, deputies voted for a new Constitution, adopted by 89 votes to one against and one abstention. In this new text, the “ President of the Council of…
the new Constitution will move the country to a parliamentary system
Togo has a new Constitution, which will move the country into the Fifth Republic. The text, proposed by a group of deputies mostly from the ruling Unite party, was adopted…
“We are concerned about the electoral division,” denounces the opposition party ANC
In Togo, the authorities have announced that the next legislative and regional elections will finally take place on April 13, 2024. The opposition party National Alliance for Change (ANC) has…
towards a redistribution of electoral constituencies before the legislative and regional elections
Togo is moving towards a redistribution of electoral constituencies, before the double legislative and regional elections that the Togolese executive wishes to organize before the end of the first quarter…
“opinion remained thirsty”, after the verdict in the Madjoulba case trial
In Togo, it was a trial which made the headlines, the verdict of which was rendered this week by a military tribunal, three years after the murder of Colonel Bitala…
NGOs hope evacuation of Kpatcha Gnassingbé brings political change
While Kpatcha Gnassingbé, the half-brother of the Togolese head of state, was evacuated from the country for health reasons, after 13 years of detention for endangering state security, observers wonder…
President Faure Gnassingbé dismisses the Minister of Armies and the Chief of Staff
A large reshuffle took place in Togo in a very tense military context in the far north of the country. The Minister of the Armed Forces, Marguerite Essossimna Gnakadè, is…