Togo Law

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Congress Tries to Outlaw ‘From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free’

Scheerpost 18 Apr 2024

That is why it is a resolution and not incorporated into a law, because the law would be struck down immediately ... British Togoland became part of Ghana and French Togoland became the Togolese Republic or Togo. There is today a Syria, an Iraq, a Togo.

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Togolese authorities release journalist Apollinaire Mewenemesse with conditions

CPJ 10 Apr 2024

On April 9, a court in Lomé, Togo’s capital city, released Mewenemesse under judicial supervision, according to his lawyer Darius Atsoo, who spoke to CPJ, and news reports ... Earlier in March, Togo’s ...

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Togo opposition calls for protests over election delay

Guam Pacific Daily News 04 Apr 2024

Togo's parliament in March adopted the law that would introduce a switch from a presidential to a parliamentary system, handing the assembly the power to elect the president for a single six-year term.

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Togo delays April 20 elections after political reform

The Peninsula 03 Apr 2024

Togo's parliament, dominated by Gnassingbe's UNIR party, adopted the law that would switch Togo from a presidential to a parliamentary system, giving the assembly the power to elect the president for a single six-year term.

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Togo MPs adopt new Constitution

Mail Guardian South Africa 30 Mar 2024

The vote comes less than a month before the next legislative elections in Togo, but it is not yet known when the change — which was approved with 89 votes in favour, one against and one abstention — will come into force.

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Togo adopts new constitution, parliament set to elect president

Raw Story 26 Mar 2024

The vote comes less than a month before the next legislative elections in Togo, but it is not yet known when the change -- which was approved with 89 votes in favor, one against and one abstention -- will come into force.

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World Bank report reveals wider global gender gap

The Point 13 Mar 2024

The implementation gap highlights how much hard work lies ahead even for countries that have been instituting equal-opportunity laws.Togo, for example, has been a standout among Sub-Saharan economies, ...

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New data show massive, wider-than-expected global gender gap

B & FT Online 08 Mar 2024

Togo, for example, has been a standout among Sub-Saharan economies, enacting laws that give women roughly 77% of the rights available to men—more than any other country in the continent ... Most countries also score poorly for childcare laws.

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Women enjoy just two-thirds of the legal rights that men enjoy – says new World ...

Sierra Leone Telegraph 08 Mar 2024

Togo, for example, has been a standout among Sub-Saharan economies, enacting laws that give women roughly 77% of the rights available to men – more than any other country in the continent ... Most countries also score poorly for childcare laws.

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No equality for working women in any country in the world, study reveals

The Observer 05 Mar 2024

While 95 countries enacted laws ... Togo had the highest number of laws in sub-Saharan Africa, giving women 77% of the legal rights of men, but had structures in place to implement just a quarter of them.

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Closing gender gap may boost global economy by 20%, World Bank says

The National 04 Mar 2024

Togo, for example, has been a stand-out among sub-Saharan economies, enacting laws that give women about 77 per cent of the rights available to men – more than any other country on the continent.

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Police Kill Notorious Sea Pirate in Rivers

This Day 30 Jan 2024

According to him, “Throughout his criminal career, John Togo engaged in numerous shootouts with the Marine Police, Nigerian Army, and NSCDC, displaying his utter disregard for law enforcement and public safety.

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Ghana and Togo reaffirm boundary lines

Ghana Business News 27 Jan 2024

Major General Emmanuel Kotia, Commissioner General of the Ghana Boundary Commission, has led the Commission to roll out an exercise to reaffirm the boundary lines that existed between Ghana and Togo.

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Jailing of Two Togo Journalists Sparks Criticism

Voa News 17 Nov 2023

In Togo, social media networks are excluded from the scope of application of the law relating to the press and communication code, which came into force this year.

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Togolese journalists Loic Lawson and Anani Sossou jailed following minister’s complaint

CPJ 15 Nov 2023

this week to receive CPJ’s 2023 International Press Freedom Award for courage in journalism, called on Togo to reform its laws to prevent the prosecution of the press for reporting on social media after Lawson and Sossou were charged.