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Togo
Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–Togo border, the east and Burkina Faso to Burkina Faso–Togo border, the north. It is one of the least developed countries and extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its capital city, capital, Lomé, is located. It is a small, tropical country, spanning with a population of approximately 8 million, and it has a width of less than between Ghana and its eastern neighbour Benin. Various peoples settled the boundaries of present-day Togo between the 11th and 16th centuries. Between the 16th and 18th centuries, the coastal region served primarily as a Atlantic slave trade, European slave trading outpost, earning Togo and the surrounding region the name "The Slave Coast of West Africa, Slave Coast". In 1884, during the scramble for Africa, German Empire, Germany established a protectorate in the region called Togoland. After World War I ...
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Tozim Potopéré
Welliton de Moraes Coimbra, known as Tozin or Tozim (born 10 November 1984), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Interporto. He has played abroad in China, Japan and Saudi Arabia. Career Tozin spent his early career on loan from Gurupi to various clubs competing in Brazilian state football. In July 2007 he signed a 1-year deal with Legião. The team finished as the runner-up of Campeonato Brasiliense Second Division. In May 2008 he was signed by Corinthians Alagoano on a three-year contract and left for fellow Alagoas club CRB on loan. His loan was ended early on 29 October, a few weeks before the end of 2008 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. In February 2009 he moved on loan to J2 League club Sagan Tosu. Tozin returned to Maceió in January 2010. Corinthians Alagoano finished as the losing semi-finalists of 2010 Campeonato Alagoano. In May he left on loan again to Guaratinguetá and made a few appearances in 2010 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. In Septembe ...
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Democratic Alliance For The Fatherland
The Democratic Alliance for the Fatherland (, ADP), also known as simply L'Alliance, is a political party in Togo. History The ADP was formed as an opposition party in September 2005 by former Prime Minister Agbéyomé Kodjo Messan Agbéyomé Gabriel Kodjo (12 October 1954 – 3 March 2024) was a Togolese politician who served as Heads of Government of Togo, Prime Minister of Togo from 29 August 2000 to 27 June 2002. Life and career Kodjo was born in Tokpli, now in ... and former National Assembly President Dahuku Péré. the President of the Alliance is vacant. The Alliance participated in the October 2007 parliamentary elections, nominating 104 candidates (including substitutes) in 19 prefectures, as well as Lomé.Agboyibo fin prêt pour les législatives
Republic of Togo, 13 September 2007 Howeve ...
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Gahoun Georges Hégbor
Gahoun Kossi Georges Hégbor (born August 18, 1940) is a Togolese politician who co-founded the Action Committee for Renewal (CAR) political party.. Early life and education Hégbor was born in Baguida in 1940. In 1965, he received a technical certificate in journalism in Paris. Later on, Hégbor earned a law degree (DESS) at Panthéon-Assas University in 1975 and was admitted to the bar in 1978. Career Hégbor worked as a journalist for ''Togo-Presse'' from 1963 to 1972 and was a diplomat at the Togolese embassy in Paris from 1972 to 1976. Hégbor was a founding member of the Action Committee for Renewal (CAR). On June 23, 1993, he filed the candidacy of CAR President Yawovi Agboyibo for the 1993 presidential election. He was elected to the National Assembly in the second round of the February 1994 parliamentary election as the CAR candidate in the Second Constituency of Golfe Prefecture. Hégbor was the speaker for the demonstrators that organized an August 2001 protest a ...
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Atakpamé
Atakpamé is the fifth largest city in Togo by population (84,979 inhabitants in 2006), located in the Plateaux Region of Togo. It is an industrial centre and lies on the main north-south highway, 161 km north of the capital Lomé. It is also a regional commercial centre for produce and cloth. History Atakpamé is located on a hilly wooded savannah on the eastern end of the Atakora Mountain range, and together with Kpalimé represent the last major settlements of Yoruba origin dotted between the Niger and the Volta rivers.Fage, page 315 In the 1764 Battle of Atakpamé, the town played host to a clash between the rebellious Akyem vassal state with the help of Yoruba mercenaries of the Oyo Empire and the Dahomeans against the forces of the Ashanti Empire under their Asantehene, Kusi Obodom. In 1763, the Ashante vassal state of Akyem made contact with the Dahomeans to the east while planning a rebellion with other dissident vassal states within the empire, such as ...
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Socialist Pact For Renewal
The Socialist Pact for Renewal (''Pacte Socialiste pour le Renouveau'') is a political party in Togo. The PSR did not take part in the parliamentary election held on 27 October 2002; as part of the Coalition of Democratic Forces, it called for a boycott. Dahuku Pere, a former President of the National Assembly and leading member of the ruling Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) who went into opposition in 2002, ran as the PSR's candidate in the June 2003 presidential election. The PSR supported Emmanuel Bob-Akitani of the Union of Forces for Change in the presidential election A presidential election is the election of any head of state whose official title is President. Elections by country Albania The president of Albania is elected by the Assembly of Albania who are elected by the Albanian public. Chile The p ... of 24 April 2005, in which Bob-Akitani officially placed second with 38.1% of the vote. In June 2005, the PSR joined the government, the only member of the ...
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Eric Kpadé
Koffi Gbékandé Eric Kpadé (born 23 September 1958
at National Assembly website .) is a
Togo
lese politician of the ruling Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) who served in the
National Assembly of Togo
from 1999 to 2007. Kpadé was born in
Lomé Lomé ( , ) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities in Togo, lar ...
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Abass Bonfoh
El-Hadj Bonfoh Abass (; 23 November 1948"El Hadj Abass Bonfoh réélu Président de l'Assemblée Nationale"
, radiolome.tg . – 29/30 June 2021) was a
Togo
lese politician who was the interim President of Togo from 25 February 2005 to 4 May 2005. He was the
President
of the

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Katari Foli-Bazi
Katari is a Municipality in Udayapur District in the Koshi province of south-eastern Nepal. It lies by the Tawa river (formed by unification of original Tawa river and Baidhyanath river) having the bridge of length 123.5m. This was established by merging two existing village development committees i.e. Triveni and Katari on 18 May 2014. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the main towns and villages of each ... it had a population of 7230 people living in 1410 individual households. Forty years later, Katari had undergone rapid growth, achieving a population of 59,507 people by the 2021 census. There is a big Government school Triveni secondary school Climate See also * Triyuga * Belaka * Chaudandigadhi References External linksUN map of the municipalities of ...
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Kpatcha Gnassingbé
Kpatcha Gnassingbé (born 6 September 1970List of 2007 candidates in Kozah
CENI website .) is a Togolese politician. He is a son of Gnassingbé Eyadéma, President of Togo from 1967 to 2005, and a brother of Faure Gnassingbé, who has been President since 2005. From 2005 to 2007, Kpatcha Gnassingbé was Minister of Defense. In April 2009, he was arrested on suspicion of plotting to overthrow his brother.


Political career

Gnassingbé was born in Lomé, the capital; both of his parents were from northern Togo. During his father's presidency, he was closely associated with the military
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