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Togolese opposition figure Agbéyomé Kodjo was arrested at his home and taken to the Central Service of Research and Criminal Investigation (SCRIC) of the National Gendarmerie on Tuesday morning, APA learned from his relatives.
Confronted with the coronavirus pandemic in Togo, President Faure Gnassigbé on Wednesday night declared a three-month state of emergency and a curfew for an unspecified period.
Togo has recorded a second death from Covid-19, the government information website on the pandemic has said on Wednesday.
The Board of Directors of the West African Development Bank (BOAD) has approved a 196.6 billion CFA francs support (about US$ 314.560 million) to member states of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) as part of the fight against COVID-19.
Togo confirmed Thursday eight new cases of coronavirus, noting these new contaminations bring the total to nine cases, one of which recovered.
Outgoing Togolese President, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe has been re-elected for a fourth term, according to the provisional results of the February 22, 2020 presidential election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) announced late Sunday.
Considered a well-known critic of the CFA franc, Kako Nubukpo, Togo’s former Minister of Public Policy and Policy Evaluation, also co-writer of the book “Getting Africa out of Currency Servitude: Who benefits from the CFA Franc,” explains why African countries need to scrap this old colonial currency.
Togo’s Security Minister, Gal Yark Damehame has expressed concern about the frequent attacks on bank clients, prompting the state to hold talks with finance houses in the country in a bid to ensure the safety and security of those who go there for transactions.
A visitor’s itinerary of Togo is never complete without a tour of Lome’s Akossewa district, east of the capital, where one of the most unique trading centres in Africa, the fetish market is located.
Togo’s Prime Minister, Selom Komi Klassou, on Wednesday evening, launched in Gbetsogbe-Baguida, about 15 km south-east of the capital Lomé, the construction of a 65-megawatt thermal power plant valued at 77 billion CFA francs.