TOGO : Opposition leader ready to die while denouncing allegedly flawed presidential election
Jean Pierre Fabre, the Togolese opposition leader, who claims he’s the legitimate winner in last week’s presidential election, has vowed to continue resisting the results of the independent electoral commission through daily street demonstrations. Mr. Fabre, presidential candidate of the Union of the forces for the change, UFC has vowed to press on with his protest even if it cost his life. The official results declared incumbent President Faure Gnassingbe the winner of last Thursday’s polls, with 60 point nine percent of the vote. Today, after Togo’s police prevented him from joining his opposition demonstration in another part of Lome, he talked to WADR’s Licka Sidibé on the phone line.
NIGER : And Chad: Oxfam International on causes of severe food situation
The British government recently announced that it would provide 15 million pounds to help Niger and Chad currently facing serious food shortages. The British based charity, Oxfam International says million of people in the two countries are vulnerable due to the severe food situation, and that the funds would boost humanitarian efforts there. But what’s the cause of the current severe food crisis in the two countries? This is the question WADR’s Frank Sainworla put to the Economic Justice campaign manager at OXFAM for West Africa, Mr. Eric Hazard.
GHANA : Fighting between supporters of two traditional factions makes residents to flee the village
Residents of a town in Ghana are seeking refuge in bushes, after clashes between supporters of two traditional factions resulted in the deaths of about four people. Residents of a town in Ghana are seeking refuge in bushes, after clashes between supporters of two traditional factions resulted in the deaths of about four people. As our correspondent Kofi Agyepong reports, Members of the Regional Security Council, visited Tuobodom in the Brong Ahafo Region to assess the situation on the ground.
Jean Pierre Fabre, the Togolese opposition leader, who claims he’s the legitimate winner in last week’s presidential election, has vowed to continue resisting the results of the independent electoral commission through daily street demonstrations. Mr. Fabre, presidential candidate of the Union of the forces for the change, UFC has vowed to press on with his protest even if it cost his life. The official results declared incumbent President Faure Gnassingbe the winner of last Thursday’s polls, with 60 point nine percent of the vote. Today, after Togo’s police prevented him from joining his opposition demonstration in another part of Lome, he talked to WADR’s Licka Sidibé on the phone line.
NIGER : And Chad: Oxfam International on causes of severe food situation
The British government recently announced that it would provide 15 million pounds to help Niger and Chad currently facing serious food shortages. The British based charity, Oxfam International says million of people in the two countries are vulnerable due to the severe food situation, and that the funds would boost humanitarian efforts there. But what’s the cause of the current severe food crisis in the two countries? This is the question WADR’s Frank Sainworla put to the Economic Justice campaign manager at OXFAM for West Africa, Mr. Eric Hazard.
GHANA : Fighting between supporters of two traditional factions makes residents to flee the village
Residents of a town in Ghana are seeking refuge in bushes, after clashes between supporters of two traditional factions resulted in the deaths of about four people. Residents of a town in Ghana are seeking refuge in bushes, after clashes between supporters of two traditional factions resulted in the deaths of about four people. As our correspondent Kofi Agyepong reports, Members of the Regional Security Council, visited Tuobodom in the Brong Ahafo Region to assess the situation on the ground.