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This is the exactly the problem! When someone defecates in his backyard
the stench does not stay there. It goes over to neighboring homes.
Ghanaians and Benois are now smelling the odor of Togolese messe.
That's why we should care when our neighbors decide to soil their own
houses.The hasty polls in that ill-fated country was a simulacrum, but
we pretended all was fine. Time to clean up fellas!
PETER VAKUNTA
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From: e3ryarl <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, April 30, 2005 4:33 pm
Subject: ECOWAS delegation visits Togo
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> BBC NEWS: Saturday, 30 April, 2005, 15:04 GMT 16:04 UK
>
> W Africa delegation visits Togo
>
> A West African delegation is visiting Togo, hoping to end the
> unrest sparked by the disputed presidential poll. The regional
> body Ecowas has condemned recent riots, and urged the government
> and the opposition to hold talks.
>
> Meanwhile, thousands of Togolese and foreigners are fleeing the
> country, many heading for neighbouring Benin.
>
> The opposition says some 100 people have been killed since the
> election, in which Faure Gnassingbe, the son of the previous
> leader, won 60% of the vote.
>
> "Violence is not the way to deal with democracy," said Mohammed
> Ibn Chambas, executive secretary of Ecowas (Economic Community of
> West African States). "We think the way forward is for Togolese to
> use dialogue, and to sit down and negotiate."
>
> 'Out of control'
>
> Ecowas has certified the election as fair, but the opposition
> coalition says the poll was rigged to allow the heir of the late
> president Gnassingbe Eyadema to stay in power.
>
> The UN's Jan Engeland has voiced his concern over the current
> situation. "There is a lot of violence and it is getting out of
> control," the under secretary general for humanitarian affairs and
> emergency relief co-ordinator told AFP news agency.
>
> Many Togolese and foreigners are fleeing in the wake of the riots
> "Another armed conflict in West Africa would be terrible," he
> said, adding that the militia tend to spread from one country to
> another.
> The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said more than
> 11,500 Togolese had fled to Benin and Ghana by Saturday. "We
> thought yesterday that calm was returning, but overnight another
> 400 to 700 came," said Rafik Saidi, the UNHCR's regional
> representative, speaking from Benin.
>
> Arson attack
>
> Meanwhile, the German government has urged its citizens to leave
> after the Goethe Institute in Lome was completely destroyed in an
> arson attack.
>
> Togolese authorities had accused Germany of supporting the
> opposition. "The (Togolese) government must ensure that residents
> and German institutions are effectively protected and stop anti-
> German provocation and slander of the German ambassador," said
> German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer.
>
> Mr Gnassingbe won 60% of the 24 April vote, while his main rival,
> Emmanuel Akitani got 38%.
>
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