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	Togo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Togo was split between the British and the French by League of Nations mandates after World War I ended in 1918.
		President Sylvanus Olympio, who took office as soon as Togo gained independence in 1960, was overthrown by 626 Togolese veterans of the French army.
		The Nigerian president and Chair of the AU, Olusegun Obasanjo, has sought to negotiate between the incumbent government and the opposition to establish a coalition government, but surpisingly rejected an AU Commission appointment of former Zambian president, Kenneth Kaunda, as special AU envoy to Togo ([4] and [5]).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Togo (1869 words)

	Togo (08/05)
		Togo is bounded by Ghana, Burkina Faso, Benin, and the Gulf of Guinea.
		President Eyadema was unhurt, and the attack and subsequent reaction by the Togolese armed forces resulted in hundreds of deaths, mostly civilian.
		Togo’s long-suffering population has seen its living standards decline precipitously since the 1980s, and that trend is unlikely to be reversed without a political accord on the way forward endorsed by the country’s key political actors.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/5430.htm (4938 words)

	Open Letter To President Kufuor On Togo
		Togo is clearly a test case for African Union in general and ECOWAS in particular to demonstrate that power, the rule of laws and sovereignty reside with the people.
		Let us not forget that in Togo many opponents were forced to flee their country not because of political trickery but as a result of political violence.
		The organization of free and fair election in Togo must be interpreted according to the terms and intends of the voters of the 1992 constitution and with regard to history, tradition, and precedent, and with due regard for its purpose and function in the constitutional design.
	www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/features/artikel.php?ID=76534 (644 words)

	African uproar forces Togo president out \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		The crisis in Togo was seen as a test of Africa's commitment to upholding democratic principles on a continent that stifled for decades under despotic misrule.
		Within Togo, opposition parties that had pressed for weeks for Gnassingbe to go, holding street demonstrations in the face of violent crackdowns by government forces that left several people dead, said his resignation was a victory for democracy on the entire continent.
		Togo holds a unique place in African history: It was among the first French colonies to achieve independence, in 1960, and was the first to suffer a post-independence coup, in 1963.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050226/news_1n26togo.html (406 words)

	Togo article - Togo Detail motto language French Capital Lomé President Gnassingbe - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		French Togoland became Togo in 1960 after the expiration of the French-administered UN trusteeship on April 27 of that year.
		The first president of Togo, Sylvanus Olympio (1901-1963) took office as soon as Togo gained independence in 1960.
		A civilian president, Nicolas Grunitzky (1913-1969) was installed, but exactly four years later, there was another military coup.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Togo (596 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Togo president promises elections
		Togo's new leader Faure Gnassingbe, in his first address to the nation, has promised "free and transparent" elections "as soon as possible".
		Mr Faure was installed as president on Monday after the constitution was hastily amended to allow him to take over and remain in office until 2008.
		AU leader, President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, is attending the Ecowas summit being held in Niger's capital, Niamey.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/africa/4248887.stm (531 words)

	USATODAY.com - Togo's military-installed president says he will resign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		LOME, Togo (AP) — President Faure Gnassingbe, facing mounting international pressure since the Togo's military installed him as leader three weeks ago, announced late Friday he was stepping down and would seek the presidency in April elections.
		Togo had banned all political activity immediately after Eyadema's death, saying it wanted to preserve calm for national mourning, but lifted the ban last week — 45 days before planned.
		Togo, a former French colony which gained independence in 1960, has an annual per capita income of $270 from an economy based on cocoa, coffee production and mining.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-02-25-togo_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA (762 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| world news Togo's new president sworn in
		Togo's new president Faure Gnassingbe was on Monday sworn in amid tight security to succeed his deceased father, west African strongman Gnassingbe Eyadema, in a move which has sparked strong international protest.
		Togo's legislature on Sunday pushed through a series of constitutional amendments to retroactively grant legal legitimacy to the military powerplay, reinstalling Gnassingbe as a deputy before elevating him to the top legislative spot.
		The US State Department urged Togo to respect its constitution and move towards full democracy, while the European Union said it would follow the lead by the AU, while hinting that the move could inhibit nascent dialogue aimed at resupplying the country of 4.7 million with development aid.
	iafrica.com /news/worldnews/411421.htm (615 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- In first address, Togo's new president offers amnesty, talks with opposition
		LOME, Togo – Togo's new president addressed the nation Wednesday for the first time since succeeding his father in a move that drew international condemnation, and he offered talks with the exiled opposition and promised general elections as soon as possible.
		President Faure Gnassingbe's speech on state TV and radio came as a partial strike against his fledgling rule entered a second day in the capital and as West African leaders prepared to hold an emergency summit in Niger to discuss the succession.
		Togo's constitution stipulates that the parliament speaker should take over as president for 60 days until new elections can be called.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050209-0612-togo.html (738 words)

	Togo
		For the next 200 years, the coastal region was a major raiding center for Europeans in search of slaves, earning Togo and the surrounding region the name "the Slave Coast." In a 1884 treaty signed at Togoville, Germany declared a protectorate over a stretch of territory along the coast and gradually extended its control inland.
		On January 13, 1963, President Olympio was assassinated in an uprising of army noncommissioned officers dissatisfied with conditions following their discharge from the French army.
		President Grunitzky formed a government in which all parties were represented.
	www.uiowa.edu /~africart/toc/countries/Togo.html (351 words)

	Coup in Togo after President dies - Wikinews
		Togo –After the death of President Gnassingbé Eyadéma, the army of the African state of Togo has suspended the constitution and installed the son of the late President, Faure Eyadéma, as the new leader.
		The day after the president's death, Natchaba was dismissed by the parliament and unanimously replaced by Faure Eyadéma by the deputies who were present at that time.
		The parliament also eliminated a constitutional requirement that elections be held within 60 days of the president's death, clearing the way for Faure to rule until the end of his father's term in 2008.
	en.wikinews.org /wiki/Coup_in_Togo_after_President_dies (391 words)

	USATODAY.com - Togo president dies of heart attack, officials say (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		LOME, Togo (AP) — The president of Togo, Africa's longest-ruling leader, died Saturday as he was being rushed to Europe for treatment of a heart attack, officials said.
		President Gnassingbe Eyadema, 69, suffered a heart attack early Saturday in his hometown of Piya in southeastern Togo and later died, said Barry Moussa Barkue, special adviser to the president.
		According to Togo's constitution, the speaker of parliament, Fanbare Tchaba, succeeds the president in the event of his death.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-02-05-togo-president_x.htm (461 words)

	Map & Graph: Countries by Government: Executive branch: Elections
		French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; high administrator appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of the Interior; the presidents of the Territorial Government and the Territorial Assembly are elected by the members of the assembly
		French president elected by popular vote for a five-year term; high commissioner appointed by the French president on the advice of the French Ministry of Interior; president of the Territorial Government and the president of the Territorial Assembly are elected by the members of the assembly
		president elected by an electoral college, which consists of the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, for a five-year term; election last held 14 February 2003 (next to be held NA 2008); the president usually appoints as prime minister the leader of the majority party in the House of Representatives
	www.nationmaster.com /graph-T/gov_exe_bra_ele (6679 words)

	Togo (Harpers.org)
		Police in Togo raided a church whose pastor was suspected of Satanism, and found a panther's pelt, hyena paws, vulture eggs, and a hunchback's hump.
		Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe promised to hold elections within sixty days; Gnassingbe took control of the presidency after the former president, his father, died in office.
		Faure Gnassingbe, the son of the former president of Togo, was named president of Togo.
	www.harpers.org /Togo.html (365 words)

	Togo's president steps down (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Lome - President Faure Gnassingbe, facing mounting international pressure since the Togo's military installed him as leader three weeks ago, announced he was stepping down and would seek the presidency in April elections.
		Togo had banned all political activity immediately after Eyadema's death, saying it wanted to preserve calm for national mourning, but lifted the ban last week - 45 days before planned.
		Togo, a former French colony which gained independence in 1960, has an annual per capita income of US$270 from an economy based on cocoa, coffee production and mining.
	www.news24.com /News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1668230,00.html (559 words)

	Joint Communique with the President of Togo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		As regards the African continent, President Eyadema and the Deputy President Mbeki have deplored the persistence of conflicts particularly the drama which is prevailing in the region of the Great Lakes.
		President Eyadema has appreciated the growing involvement of South Africa in trying to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, thus contributing to the safeguard of peace and security on the continent.
		President Eyadema has expressed the wish that exchanges could be established between the SADC and ECOWAS for the latter to profit from the rich experience of its counterpart from Southern Africa in the field of Regional integration.
	www.anc.org.za /ancdocs/history/mbeki/1997/jc970106.html (672 words)

	News -- Togo: Faure Gnassingbe quits, sanctions lifted
		West African nations had suspended Togo from its bloc, banned its leaders from traveling, recalled ambassadors and decreed an arms embargo as punishment for violating Togo's constitution when Gnassingbe was appointed.
		Togo's presidency said Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo, Niger's leader Tandja Mamadou and President John Kufuor from neighboring Ghana would visit Lome on Monday.
		Under Togo's constitution, the former head of the national assembly, Fambare Ouattara Natchaba, should have become acting president on the death of Eyadema, but he was not in Togo.
	www.naijanet.com /news/source/2005/feb/26/1001.html (502 words)

	The Australian: Togo mourns late president (archived) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		But Togo's two main opposition parties, which plan to challenge Eyadema's son in presidential elections due next month, did not attend the ceremony for Africa's longest-serving ruler.
		Former colonial power France, whose President Jacques Chirac was a close friend of Eyadema, was represented by Foreign Minister Michel Barnier.
		But the constitution, which was amended in 2002, bars him from standing because it requires any presidential candidate to have lived in Togo for at least a year before the election.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5744,12538213^1702,00.html (453 words)

	News -- Viewpoint: Togo's demo-crazy
		The Speaker of Togo's Parliament, who was to take over after Eyadema's death as provided in Togo's constitution was prevented from re-entering his fatherland as the country's top military hierarchy pronounced Faure, the new president, and also forced the Parliament to change the constitution to suit their machination.
		Nigeria's 2003 presidential election was largely seen as rigged with the election in the president's state, Ogun, declared null and void by a court of law.
		Togo's wrongdoings under Eyadema are happening in other African countries too; there is demo-crazy in most African countries and not just Togo.
	odili.net /news/source/2005/feb/18/301.html (1045 words)

	Togo -- Under The Rule Of President Eyadema
		Etienne Eyadama led an army to overthrow President Grunitzky.
		When it seemed as if President Eyadema was losing one of his generals took over counting the votes.
		thousands protested the fact that President Eyadema was declared the winner, he had ruled for the previous 31 years.
	www.freewebs.com /togocountry/timeline.htm (323 words)

	SABCnews.com - africa/west_africa
		Gnassingbe Eyadema, the president of Togo and Africa's longest serving ruler, died yesterday after 38 years in power and Faure Gnassingbe (39), his son, has been named as his successor.
		"Togo's armed forces have decided to confer power on Mr Faure Gnassingbe from today," army chief of staff Zakari Nandje said on state television, before pictures of Gnassingbe being invested in front of military chiefs were broadcast.
		He has urged the people of Togo to insist on respect of the constitution on the provision of an interim leadership that will lead to the democratic election of a new president for Togo," a spokesperson for Obasanjo said.
	www.sabcnews.com /africa/west_africa/0,2172,97299,00.html (560 words)

	Vanguard - World : Togo apologises for turning back Nigeria plane
		Revealing that President Obasanjo has accepted the apology, she however quickly said that acceptance of the apology has not in any way changed Nigeria’s view on the illegality of the government in Togo.
		She was however hopeful that normalcy would soon return to Togo going by the report back by the Minister of foreign Affairs indicating that ""there is hope that normalcy and constitutionality would return to Togo"".
		Lamenting the Togo event, literary icon Professor Chinua Achebe, stated that the development is symptomatic of the leadership problem, where those in power have failed to leave the stage for others.
	www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/world/w117022005.html (1393 words)

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		ABUJA, 17 Feb 2005 (IRIN) - President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria told Faure Gnassingbe, the army-appointed president of Togo, that he should hold democratic elections and return to the constitution as it existed before he seized power at a meeting in the Nigerian capital on Monday.
		This stipulated that in the event of the death of the president, the president of the national assembly should take over as interim head of state and organise fresh presidential elections with 60 days.
		Togo's five million people gathered round radios and television sets on Wednesday night to hear Gnassingbe make a promised address to the nation, but he failed to speak and his broadcast has now been postponed indefinitely.
	irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=45630&...&SelectCountry=NIGERIA-TOGO (639 words)

	afrol News - Togo "coup leader" sworn in
		Mr Faure was today sworn in as the new President of Togo in a ceremony in Lomé.
		Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, the current AU leader, also strongly condemned the coup in Togo, saying it was a threat to peace.
		Togo is hoping for a lifting of EU sanctions, imposed to protest the many human rights violations and dictatorial means of the brutal Eyadema regime.
	www.afrol.com /articles/15526 (764 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Togo president agrees to election
		Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe has bowed to pressure from West African neighbours, declaring that presidential elections will be held in 60 days.
		Mr Faure was installed with army help earlier this month after the death of the president, his father.
		Togo votes for first time in 40 years, despite rigging fears and violent protests.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/4278787.stm (297 words)

	ABC News: Crowds in Togo Protest New President (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		LOME, Togo Feb 14, 2005 —; Police shot and killed at least one demonstrator during a general strike Monday as crowds blocked roads and intimidated residents to protest the army's installation of Faure Gnassingbe to succeed his late father as president.
		Togo's Interior Minister Akila Esso-Boko said one demonstrator was shot to death as he tried to steal an officer's gun.
		A spokesman for Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, who heads the 52-nation African Union, said his country would do whatever was needed to ensure peace in the region.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=498240 (475 words)

	Mounting pressure prompts Togo president to resign - World News - MSNBC.com
		Faure Gnassingbe, installed as the president of Togo on Feb. 5 after the death of his father, Gnassingbe Eyadema, announced his resignation Friday.
		Togo had banned all political activity immediately after Eyadema’s death, saying it wanted to preserve calm for national mourning, but lifted the ban last week — 45 days earlier than planned.
		Togo, a former French colony that gained independence in 1960, has an annual per capita income of $270 from an economy based on cocoa, coffee production and mining.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/7032769 (502 words)

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