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Inner City Press
April 26, 2018
UNITED NATIONS, April 25 – UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres met Central African Republic's President Faustin Archange Touadera on April 25, not long after ... Bakayoko gamely answered that the Ivorian army trains its troops; earlier, French Secretary of State attached tothe Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs,Ãâà...
The Asian Age
April 23, 2018
Asia's first defining moment was when on May 14, 1905, a Japanese naval flotilla commanded by Adm. Togo Heihachiro, with his flag on the brand-new Mikasa battleship, ... Another great defining moment was when France was defeated in 1954 at Dien Bien Phu by the Vietminh forces led in battle by Gen.
International Policy Digest
April 16, 2018
With an army general being president in Egypt for another four years, do you think the Egyptian democracy is heading to the right direction, as expected by those ... The Corruption Perceptions Index 2017 puts the country 117th internationally, sharing the same rank with Ecuador, Gabon, Pakistan and Togo.
gulfnews.com
April 15, 2018
Lome (Togo): Togo's opposition on Saturday said security forces fired tear gas to prevent antigovernment protests, as West African heads of state met to try to ... Gnassingbe has been president since 2005, taking over after the death of his father, General Gnassingbe Eyadema, who ruled Togo for 37 years.
Citizen
April 14, 2018
The 14-party opposition coalition, which has staged anti-government protests since last August, this week decided to resume demonstrations, despite an official ban. But since Wednesday, security forces have closed off all opposition meeting points in the capital. The teargas on Saturday was fired near theÃâà...
News24
April 10, 2018
The 1966 Ghanaian coup, which saw the exit of Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah, was deemed legitimate by the army officers who took over his power. ... The 1966 Nigerian coup spearheaded by General Nzeogwu rested on tribalism, even though the participants carefully concealed their motives and pointed toÃâà...
The Philadelphia Tribune
March 30, 2018
Togo D. West Jr., who as secretary of the Army in the 1990s oversaw its wrenching post-Gulf War conversion to a truncated peacetime fighting force that ... West earlier served as an associate deputy attorney general under President Gerald Ford; as general counsel of the Navy under President Jimmy CarterÃâà...
TheCable
March 29, 2018
General Obasanjo and many of the politicians revered by many idiots in Nigeria have done worse than General Danjuma although he is way up there too. I also really don't ... He vehemently came for the Armed Forces as a collective but is he referencing all of them or just the Nigerian Army? He needs toÃâà...
Nigerian Observer
March 26, 2018
The term World War I did not come into general use until a second worldwide conflict broke out in 1939 (Please endeavour to read up the history of World War ... Although Germany was a late entry in the race for overseas colonies, it had obtained the rudiments of a colonial empire in Africa, including Togo,Ãâà...
Globalnews.ca
March 19, 2018
“In general, there is an environmental risk of just being there for sure. We mitigate that with strong force protection, strong skills,” said Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Jonathan Vance in ... Chad has lost 47 of its peacekeepers, Guinea has lost 18, Burkina Faso has lost 17, and Togo and Niger have both lost 16.
Nasdaq
March 14, 2018
"We are deeply saddened by the passing of Togo D. West," said John A. Rolls, dear friend of Secretary West and Chairman of the FuelCell Energy Board. "Togo ... Former U.S. Secretary of the Army from 1993 to 1998 and U.S. Secretary of Veteran Affairs from 1998 to 2000, Mr. West also served as GeneralÃâà...
BlackEngineer.com
March 13, 2018
Distinguished HBCU Alum Togo West dies at 75 ... Togo D. West, a two-time honoree of USBE magazine's “HBCU Distinguished Alumni” hall of fame for his outstanding achievements in public service, has died. West, who ... He served as an Army lawyer in the Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps.
Peace FM Online
March 12, 2018
... Association for support for the distressed factory, a major supplier of cookies to schools, the Ghana Army, and other institutions some 20 years ago. ... She said the current staff strength stood at five, and that production had been limited to exclusive orders from customers in Kumasi, Accra and Lome, Togo.
Tribune-Review
March 12, 2018
But they advised people who had patronized the businesses during a two-day period to wash their clothes, double-bag articles for dry cleaning, and wipe down items like jewelry. “It's really important to understand the general public should not be concerned. There is, on the evidence currently, a very lowÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
March 11, 2018
Togo D. West Jr., a government lawyer and high-ranking Clinton administration official who oversaw Army investigations into sexual harassment, served ... The son of North Carolina schoolteachers, West served as an Army lawyer in the Judge Advocate General's Corps and worked as the top lawyer in theÃâà...
Inner City Press
March 6, 2018
UNITED NATIONS, March 5 – When UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres re-appointed Michael Bloomberg as UN climate change envoy on March 5, nearly ..... Guterres has also been scheduled to meet the foreign minister of Togo Robert Dussey just before, but that meeting or at least photo op got canceled, as did aÃâà...
Fair Observer
March 6, 2018
There was the investigation of the two-star commander of US Army Africa who allegedly sent racy texts to an enlisted man's wife. There was the investigation into .... According to a spreadsheet provided to the inspector general by AFRICOM, $1.1 million was budgeted for that in 2014. Leaving aside whetherÃâà...
SaharaReporters.com
March 6, 2018
With the Constitution of Togo not indicating any Presidential term limits, the Togolese opposition has been leading a series of protests to demand for such term ... Another, Lt. Gen. Sami Anan, after being detained by the Egyptian military, had to call off his presidential bid. He was accused of “blatant legalÃâà...
mySanAntonio.com
March 6, 2018
Three gunmen were killed at Burkina Faso's army headquarters, according to Defence Minister Jean Claude Bouda. It came after reports that an explosion had ... The country's director general said Ouagadougou was being attacked by suspected Islamic extremists. There was no immediate word on civilianÃâà...
Graphic Online
February 21, 2018
President Akufo-Addo was in Togo to hold talks with all relevant stakeholders, including; President Faure Gnassingbe and leaders of the main opposition ... have organised demonstrations in cities around the world, including north of the capital Lome, where it turned deadly after clashes with security forces.
GhanaWeb
February 19, 2018
Delle noted that even though demonstrations formed part of a political weapon in a democratic process, “democratic forces must avoid unbridled protest and violent pronouncements which most often ignites hostilities leading to the loss of precious lives, destruction of property and general insecurity.
Eurasia Review
February 18, 2018
“Since 1963, the Togolese have fought for change.” People's Health Party President Georges-William Kuessan said, “They were lucky to succeed before Togo. But that gives us hope that one day we will also succeed.” While the world's attention is largely focused elsewhere on the continent, a mediatedÃâà...
GhanaWeb
February 16, 2018
He said many of those involved were Chinese and other foreign nationals from Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Togo, Benin, India and Niger. ... He said the security forces had also been able to flush out the illegal operators from the Bia river, which had hitherto been heavily polluted by the miners, and thereby,Ãâà...
Foreign Policy Research Institute
February 16, 2018
Togo is the only West African country that has yet to experience a democratic handover. But several leaders within the Togolese opposition are quick to emphasize that it's not for lack of effort. “There was Tunisia; there was Egypt, Libya, Burkina [Faso]; these countries copied us,” National Alliance forÃâà...
ReliefWeb
December 31, 1999
GENEVA (22 March 2018) - The Human Rights Council during its midday meeting held a general debate on technical assistance and capacity building, ... Speaking in the general debate were Brazil on behalf of a group of countries, Togo on behalf of the African Group, Bulgaria on behalf of the EuropeanÃâà...
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