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Meet the 2 presidents of #Togo: yes you heard me right! Togo now has two presidents.
After ruling #Togo for 20 years following the 38 years of his father Eyadema Gnassingbé, Dictator Faure Gnassingbe now moved to the position of President of Council of Ministers under his custom-made constitution and he had
86 years old Jean Lucien Sanvee de Tové appointed as President of the Republic.
The position of the President of The Republic which has been rendered completely ceremonial is to fool the world that #Togo has a new president too.
Under his new custom made constitution, which was passed by a parliament whose mandate has ended, Faure Gnassingbé has wiped out presidential elections and this, without a referendum.
He has taken us decades behind to the time of a single party state. #FaureMustGo
"I drove from here to my hometown to go and vote for you [President Akufo-Addo]. You can’t tolerate descent? What sort of government are you?" – Prof. Gyampo
#TheKeyPoints#3NewsGH
The military regime of dictator @FEGnassingbe has escalated its long-standing tactic of attacking opposition party meetings to disrupt gatherings. Recently, a Senegalese member of parliament @GuyMariusSagna along with other opposition members and journalists, was brutally assaulted and wounded .
These attacks, carried out by regime supporters, shows just how much worse the situation in #Togo has become.
Dictator Gnassingbé is desperate to prevent any attempt to
resist his arbitrary change of constitution which suppresses presidential elections and will keep him in power for life. #fauremustgo
Shocked to learn that President @NAkufoAddo arrested yet again this man for simply speaking up! Democracy is not just good when it praises the Pdt, dissent should be respected as well! I was privileged of meeting @barkervogues last Dec in Accra and he inspired me! Free him now!
I penned this letter in solidarity with my brother and friend @barkervogues who is being arbitrarily detained by the government of @NAkufoAddo for holding a protest against illegal mining which has resulted in the pollution of 60% of Ghana’s water sources.
#FreeOliverNow
“For over a month, Oliver was held in detention, tortured, and subjected to the kind of abuse that one might expect in a dictatorship, not in Ghana, a nation once celebrated as a beacon of democracy and progress in Africa. The affidavit of his torture still gives me goosebumps to this day, reminding me of similar cases of torture in my homeland of Togo. I was appalled that this could happen in Ghana, a country long seen as a model of freedom in the region.
Oliver was charged with treason, an absurd and politically motivated accusation that has never been substantiated. Over two years later, his trial remains unresolved, exposing the rotten, corrupt nature of the judiciary system in Ghana, where elites shield themselves from accountability while the innocent are punished.”
Dear #Africans, please help us share this solidarity letter in support of our comrade Oliver Vormawor who is currently arbitrarily detained in Ghana and is being denied medical treatment.
Let's demand his immediate and unconditional release NOW!
#BorderlessAfrica #LetOurPeopleMove
#AfricaWeWant #OneAfricaOnePeople
#AfricanMigrants #OnePeople #GHANAIAN
#BRINGBACKTHEPATRIOTS #FREEOliverVormawor
#AfricansforGhana #Africans4Ghana #FreeThe53
#JusticeIsNotNegotiable #BailIsARight
#StandForFreedom #WeMove
The continued detention of Oliver Vormawor is an affront to everything we’ve fought for in our democracy.
Leaders must remember: power is finite, but the will of the people endures. ✊🏾
#JusticeForOliver#DemocracyMatters#FreeOliverVormawor
@StewartIsaacs@MIT Congratulations Doc. Would you agree to a zoom call with my 12 year old son who dreams of achieving great feats like you did? dr @StewartIsaacs
Life lessons from @rogerfederer (must watch)
1 Effortless is a myth
2 Belief in yourself has to be earned
3 Grit > Gift
4 Discipline is talent
5 Trust and loving the process is talent
6 You can do your best and still lose
7 Life is bigger than the court
American Airlines’ flight out of Columbia SC, is tuck on the runway at #DallasFortWorthAirport because of what the pilot blamed on remnants from the weather event 3 days prior. We might be on the tarmac for hours. #AA#DFWairport
Togo is run by a repressive l, incompetent and monarchical regime that can’t stand even little kids calling out the bankrupt nature of the dictator president. They arrested and jailed 3 teenagers for a @tiktok_us video! Go figure how depraved that regime is!
Bilan de 20 ans de Fraude Gnassingbé: en 2024, d’après les perspectives du FMI, le Togo occupe l’avant dernière place sur les 14 pays d’Afrique partageant le franc CFA, avec un PIB de 9,83 milliards de dollars dans le classement prévisionnel des économies des zones CFA. #togo
In #Togo, it is not just Eyadema and his son @FEGnassingbe that stay in power for life. Their ministers are also ministers for life. Their members of parliament are of parliament for life. The parliament and government of Togo today are filled with the children of Eyadema’s ministers and cronies of yesterday. It’s a generational regime of looters. 57 years of same families looting a nation at gunpoint.
Ds la banlieue de #Lomé au #Togo, le quartier de Sagbado kpessoudji est sans courant depuis 1 semaine. Et ds la capitale, les coupures peuvent atteindre une moyenne dix heures par jour. Les petites entreprises, les commerces et les populations st impactés depuis plusieurs mois.
On peut faire semblant de ne pas comprendre ce qui se passe au Togo mais la journaliste AMELLAL de France24 a tout compris, elle.
Les reponses sont difficiles à trouver.
Cette histoire n'honore personne, surtout pas les hautes autorités du pays.