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Could the civil war break down in Togo?

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jeudi, 07 septembre 2017 06:27

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Opposition political parties in Togo are urging the Government of Ghana and those of other West African countries to intervene in ongoing political tension in the West African country.

Thousands of opposition supporters in the French-speaking country have been holding a series of target protests to demand a return to the use of the 1992 constitution which imposes limits on presidential terms.

They want an end to the Faure Gnassingbé rule which has been in power since 2005 after his father, who had also ruled the country for decades, passed away.

Protesters have rejected a government proposal to bring about a two-term presidential limit, saying it is a ploy to extend the president’s rule.

Internet access in Togo was severely restricted on Wednesday as opposition supporters started another protest.

Although the anti-Gnassingbe protests have been going on for close to a month, sub regional leaders are yet to be heard on the matter.

Vice General Secretary of the opposition party Democratic Convention of African Peoples (CDPA), Pascal Odonkor, told Joy News in an interview that Togo risks getting plunged into a civil war if the political tensions are left unresolved.

“If nobody will help Togo now, we will have a civil war in this country because we are tired; it’s enough. So I call the head of state of Ghana, head of state of Ivory Coast, head of state of Benin, Nigeria, all these persons I call to come to help Togolese,” he said.

The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), a leading Regional Peacebuilding organization, has also urged the international community to put an eye on Togo, in order to prevent the ongoing unrest from degenerating into a conflict situation.

The Executive Director of WANEP, Mr Chukuemeka B. Eze, said the international community should be concerned about Togo because when the state fails to protect its citizens under the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) norm, which all countries of the world have assented to, it was the responsibility of the international community to apply that R2P Act to Togo.

The R2P is a global political commitment which was endorsed by all member states of the United Nations at the 2005 World Summit to prevent genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.

Mr Eze made the appeal on Wednesday in an interview with the Ghana News Agency in Accra on the sideline of a roundtable on “Reflection on Security Series”


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ERIC  K.  ALOVOR

L`Afrique, le continent noir, mère des continents, est constamment en proie à des difficultés socio-économiques et politiques qui, à bien des égards, transforment ses fils et filles, chez eux, sur leur propre terre natale, en parias et en êtres bannis ou, en terre lointaine d’asile, en citoyens acculturés et de seconde zone.

L’exil est devenu pour nos peuples, surtout les jeunes, une source nourricière potentielle et un choix de survie. Ce paradoxe crée une frustration qui érode l`Afrique et tend à faire de ses processus de démocratie naissante un Mal plutôt qu’un Bien.

Que ferions-nous d’autres et que nous resterait-il de tant d’années d’efforts et de sacrifices, si nous venions à nous égarer définitivement. De la voie de la démocratie ?

Face à cette question existentielle qui nous interpelle tous, notre compatriote Kodjo EPOU tire la sonnette d’alarme et cite : « La démocratie est loin d’être parfaite mais elle demeure le moins mauvais des systèmes » Nous avons plus intérêt à œuvrer pour l’enraciner dans nos mœurs que de la renier en collaborant, contre gains faciles et immédiats, à tout ce qui est sa négation. De nos jours, la Démocratie est un système incontournable. Au point que toute tentative de l’étouffer se révèlera, tôt ou tard, inopérante.

L’initiative de créer Fmliberte répond à cet esprit. Notre mission se projette dans cette perspective. Elle vise donc à consolider chaque jour un peu plus la démocratie dont le nerf est la parole. Ainsi, sur les ondes de Fmliberte, La radio de la Diaspora, il n’existe pas de propos tabou, à l’exception de ceux qui sont dans l’ordre d’attentats à la pudeur, d’attaques personnelles ou de fausses informations. L'idée de rassembler les africains autant que nous le pouvons constitue la trame de nos émissions. Elle n’exclut nullement les critiques, même les plus acerbes, mais elle impose le respect de l'autre dans sa dignité humaine.

Nous restons convaincus que notre investissement en temps et en matériel ne sera pas vain; que les Communautés africaines de l’étranger et l’ensemble de la diaspora africaine apprécieront nos efforts à leur juste valeur. Notre ardent souhait est que Fmliberte, cet outil majeur de communication et de rapprochement soit un véritable tremplin de la Démocratie sur le beau Continent.La vocation de Fmliberte tient en trois mots:

Divertir. Informer. Rassembler.

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