Togo – 2012: Domestic politics, foreign affairs, and socio-economic development

Dirk Kohnert

A chapter in Africa Yearbook Volume 9: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2012, 2013, pp 195-201 from ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics

Abstract: Domestic politics in Togo in 2012 were dominated by the upcoming legislative and local elections and irreconcilable differences between the ruling party on the one hand and a broad coalition of opposition parties and civil society organisations on the other. Under the growing momentum of regular anti-government demonstrations, often violently suppressed, the call for the resignation of President Faure Gnassingbé and political change became more articulate. In foreign affairs, the pro-Western stance of the government was increasingly valued by international donors in view of the growing threat of terrorism in the neighbouring Sahel. Promising growth prospects led the government and its majority in parliament to vote an ambitious budget for 2013.

Keywords: Togo; Africa Yearbook 2012; domestic policy; foreign affairs; socio-economic development; period under review 2012 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F35 F54 N47 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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