Rest stop

Togo (or not to go?)

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July 29th 2010
Monday 26th July Togo is the country immediately to the east of Ghana, and the nearest one to Accra, so we decided it would be worth trying to visit it. Togo was originally a German colony but was divided between Britain and France as part of the war reparations in the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. The British part became part of Ghana but the French part remains the separate independant countr ... read more

Africa » Togo » Lome

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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 ... ... read more