Background: French Togoland became Togo in 1960. Gen. Gnassingbe EYADEMA, installed as military ruler in 1967, continued to rule well into the 21st century. Despite the facade of multiparty elections instituted in the early 1990s, the government continued to be dominated by President EYADEMA, whose Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) party maintained power almost continually since 1967. Togo has come under fire from international organizations for human rights abuses and is plagued by political unrest. While most bilateral and multilateral aid to Togo remains frozen, the European Union initiated a partial resumption of cooperation and development aid to Togo in late 2004. Upon his death in February 2005, President EYADEMA was succeeded by his son Faure GNASSINGBE. The succession, supported by the military and in contravention of the nation's constitution, was challenged by popular protest and a threat of sanctions from regional leaders. GNASSINGBE succumbed to pressure and agreed to hold elections in late April 2005.
October 11th 2009Africa » Togo last friday morning, anouk, taylor and i headed out for togo, the country directly east of ghana. getting there was fairly uneventful but we drove through the volta region which was really was beautif ... [full story]
September 12th 2009Africa » Togo » Lome
Auch wenn ich inzwischen schon wieder zurueck in Ghana bin - hier ein Ueberblick ueber meine eineinhalb Wochen, wo ich bis Anfang der Woche war.
Eigentlich wollte ich nur gut eine Woche in Togo ble ... [full story]
July 26th 2009Africa » Togo Well another day of work (2 hrs) and a lot of relaxing --- gotta love the fact that we had four guys “shoveling” including both “leaders:(we only have 3 shovels), while the rest of u ... [full story]
July 25th 2009Africa » Togo More singing!
Played soccer yesterday --- how is it that even bare-footed these guys are better than me. Speaking of guys from the village turn out for building the school I thought this village w ... [full story]
July 23rd 2009Africa » Togo The work camp has finally commenced. Not what I was expecting, but I shall reserve final judgment. First the group is made up almost entirely of Togolese guys, with one German girl, Larissa, who has a ... [full story]
July 19th 2009Africa » Togo » Lome Met up with ASTOVOT and they put me up for a reasonable rate (2500 CFA) although I miss my Swiss hotel. I bought some work gloves and am awaiting the arrival of a fellow volunteer, a French girl!
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July 18th 2009Africa » Togo » Lome Have been relaxing in Lome, getting visas and such. Today an ordeal at the Benin consulate. F**king idiot old man! Don’t want me to come to your sh**ty country to spend cash? TIA! From hell&rsqu ... [full story]
July 16th 2009Africa » Togo » Lome So far so good. My visa will be done by tomorrow. Other than that I had an ordeal trying to get back to my hotel, but it was my fault. I confused the “Palm Beach” with the “Coco Beac ... [full story]
June 15th 2009Africa » Togo Enter Togo, by means of the least likely looking dirt road imaginable. That there can be both a Ghanian and Togolese immigration Post at the end of this meagre country road, where the grass grows as ... 13 photos[full story]