Tag: Togo
the president returns the new Constitution to the Assembly for a second reading
President Faure Gnassingbé ordered this Friday evening that the new Constitution voted on Monday be subject to a second reading in the National Assembly. According to the president, it is…
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…
deputies adopt the new constitution
The constitutional revision bill was adopted this Tuesday by the deputies. The text proposes the transition from the presidential regime to a parliamentary regime. This proposal has provoked numerous reactions…
a constitutional revision proposal tabled in the National Assembly
In Togo, a proposed constitutional revision law is being examined these days by the law commission. The proposal was tabled in the National Assembly by a group of deputies at…
Parliament extends the state of emergency in the savannah region for one year
The Togolese Parliament voted on Tuesday to extend the state of emergency for 12 months in the savannah region. It has been in force in the area since June 2022.…
one year later, the increase in the minimum wage is struggling to be applied everywhere
At the start of 2023, Togo increased the guaranteed interprofessional minimum wage (Smig). The amount of this minimum salary then increased to 52,500 CFA francs, compared to 35,000 CFA francs…
appointments in March 2024
In Agbodrafo, Brussels, Abidjan, Paris, Dubai, Kigali, Cergy, Cotonou, Saint-Denis, Créteil, Limoges, Yaoundé… indoors or outdoors, here are sixteen events of Afro or African culture not to be missed miss…
ECOWAS entrusts Benin, Sierra Leone and Togo with the Mohamed Bazoum file
In Niger, what future for former president Mohamed Bazoum? He remains detained by the junta since the July 2023 coup that toppled him. ECOWAS, during its summit this weekend, no…
civil society organizations call not to boycott the legislative elections of April 2024
In Togo, while the mandate of deputies expired at the end of 2023, the President of the Republic signed a decree this Saturday, February 24, postponing by one week the…
“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…