Yearbook 2008
Togo. According to
Countryaah reports, the government that took office at the end of 2007
after the general election resigned in September. The reason
for the departure was that the government fulfilled its
mission of consolidating the nation, laying the foundations
for growth and development, improving access to basic
community services and confirming Togo's place in the
international community. The government came after seemingly
honest attempts to create reconciliation in the country,
hard-fought by decades of dictatorship. It was therefore
surprising that no opposition representatives had been
prepared for it.
Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo, an economist with a successful
career in the UN development agency UNDP, was appointed as
new Prime Minister. For his countrymen, however, he was
fairly unknown and the appointment was surprising. Nor was
the opposition invited to participate.
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