Togo

Week in Review: Human rights activist awarded as dictators cling on

15 October 2017 by François Sergent, JusticeInfo.net

As we saw this week, transitional justice still appears far from countries such as Togo, Egypt and Burundi, whose people are still struggling under authoritarian regimes disrespectful of human rights and fundamental freedoms. In T [...]

Togo “purification” leaves bitter taste for many

11 July 2017 by Maxime Domegni, West Africa correspondent

In Togo, the transitional justice process put in place by the authorities seems to be dividing people more than it is reconciling them. And it was amid controversy that the High Commission for Reconciliation and National Unity (HC [...]

Togo purges its violent past with voodoo ceremonies

6 July 2017 by AFP

The voodoo follower stood bare-chested with beads around his neck in the centre of the public square in Bè, a working class district of Togo's capital, Lome. A dozen priests surrounded him as he made incantations, threw soil and w [...]

Togo Still Waiting for Democratic Transition

31 July 2016 by Maxime Domegni, correspondent in Lomé

Togo seems as far as ever from deep political reform, as signalled at a workshop of the High Commission for Reconciliation and National Unity during the week of July 11 to 15. This body was set up two years ago and is supposed to [...]

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1 March 2016 by Maxime Domegni, Lomé correspondent

Togo Transitional Justice Leaves Much to be Done The transitional justice process in Togo has not allowed its citizens to know more about the perpetrators of the violence that has scarred the country ever since the struggle for independence. Togo has been ruled by the Gnassing [...]