Dans le cadre des activités de lutte contre les IST/VIHSIDA, PSI-TOGO a organisé des activités en direction des jeunes scolaires et extrascolaires pendant la période des vacances scolaires 2007 dans toutes les régions du Togo.

Beaucoup de groupes se sont illustrés au Togo lors des présélectionnés, la manche éliminatoire, la demi-finale et la finale de ces activités dénommées « Vacances Culture ».

 

La Commission électorale locale indépendante  (Céli) de Lomé a été dissoute pour comportement de "défiance" vis-à-vis de la Commission électorale nationale indépendante (Céni), selon des sources proches de cette institution.
La gestion des doubles inscription est à l'origine de cette décision.

Le chef de l'Etat togolais Faure Gnassingbé a nommé lundi soir par un décret présidentiel, Aboudou Assouma au poste de président de la Cour constitutionnelle du Togo, a constate Fm Liberte a lome.

Human trafficking alleged in hair salons

Federal agents yesterday arrested two men and a woman from Togo who they say smuggled at least 20 girls and young women from the West African nation and forced them to work without pay at hair braiding salons in Newark and East Orange.

"This is a case of modern-day slavery," said Tom Manifase, deputy special agent in charge of investigations for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Newark, the lead agency in the investigation. "These women were promised a better life in the U.S. but instead ended up becoming victims of human trafficking."

Lassissi Afolabi, 44, Akouavi Kpade Afolabi, 39, and Dereck Hounakey, 30, all of East Orange, were arrested at their homes early yesterday. They were each charged with harboring illegal aliens, which carries a maximum penalty of between three and 10 years in prison. In addition, Kpade Afolabi is charged with smuggling illegal aliens for financial gain, which carries a sentence of up to 10 years in jail.

During an appearance in U.S. District Court in Newark, the three were ordered held until a bail hearing this afternoon.

At the two-family home in East Orange where authorities say the Afolabis lived and housed several workers, Lassissi Afolabi's son disputed the charges, saying the salon workers were well-treated, paid and free to come and go as they pleased.