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TOGO: Thousands displaced from flooding, experts brace for more

DAKAR Wednesday, August 06, 2008 (IRIN) - Weeks of rains in Togo have forced thousands of people from their homes into temporary government-run centres set up throughout the capital, Lome. Ramon Aloumoun, 48 years old, took some clothing and a few documents when he left his home 4 August with his wife and three children. “Everything else just washed away. Water reached the level of my bed, then tables. I am a welder and my tools in the garage are now gone. Everything.” Togo’s head of Red...

TOGO: Flood victims continue leaving school shelters

LOME Tuesday, September 02, 2008 (IRIN) - One month after floods pushed them out of their homes, more than 10,000 flood victims have left temporary government-run shelters in schools, according to the Ministry of Security and Civilian Protection. Togo’s Zio and Haho rivers overflowed during heavy rainfalls from 15 to 27 July. The Togolese Red Cross estimated six deaths, 80 injuries, and thousands left homeless throughout the country. Government officials said the storms crushed nine bridges,...

TOGO: Officials to slaughter more poultry to fight bird flu spread

LOME Thursday, September 11, 2008 (IRIN) - Officials have quarantined Agbata village in southern Togo, and plan to cull all poultry within a three kilometre radius, as they await lab confirmation of which avian flu virus killed 3,000 birds there on 09 September. Authorities have already slaughtered about 1,500 birds that survived this week's bird flu epidemic in three poultry farms in Agbata, 10 km from the capital, Lome. Togo’s government is awaiting lab confirmation to learn if it was the...

TOGO: Mixed reactions to H5N1 flu confirmation

LOME Thursday, September 18, 2008 (IRIN) - Togo’s government has confirmed the H5N1 bird flu virus is responsible for the 10 September outbreak that killed 3,500 birds and led to the culling of an additional 1,500 others on three farms in Agbata, about 10km east of the capital. Since its reappearance in 2003, the highly contagious virus has led to the death of millions of poultry, as well as about 200 people who were infected with the virus by sick birds, according to the World Health...

TOGO: Truth and reconciliation process underway

LOME Friday, September 26, 2008 (IRIN) - Almost 23,000 people responded to a UN-funded survey that is the first step in establishing what will be the country’s first truth and reconciliation commission. They were asked how to design a truth and reconciliation commission capable of confronting culprits who brutalised tens of thousands into exile. Security crackdowns during the deadly 2005 presidential poll that elected President Faure Gnassingbe to power forced 40,000 to flee into neighbouring...

TOGO: 17,000 poultry killed in latest flu outbreak

LOME Tuesday, September 30, 2008 (IRIN) - Some 17,000 birds died or have been culled since the outbreak of the H5N1 avian flu virus on 9 September on three poultry farms in Agbata, located 10km east of Lome, according to the country’s livestock director, Komla Batawui. Zero tolerance The UN Food and Agricultural Organization adviser to the government, Jacques Conforti, says the risk has been contained. “We focused on free-range poultry, and did not cull poultry in coops in the areas...

TOGO: School year reopens with free primary schools

LOME Monday, October 06, 2008 (IRIN) - For the first time in recent years, primary school students started a new school year on 6 October in Togo without paying enrolment fees. The government has waived primary school fees as part of a more than US$80 million investment in the education system. While parents celebrated the savings, administrators taken aback by the surprise announcement worry how they will pay for school operations the fees had helped fund. Parents will be better off by...

TOGO: School year reopens with free primary schools

For the first time in recent years, primary school students started a new school year on 6 October in Togo without paying enrolment fees. The government has waived primary school fees as part of a more than US$80 million investment in the education system. While parents celebrated the savings, administrators taken aback by the surprise announcement worry how they will pay for school operations the fees had helped fund. Parents will be better off by US$3.70 and US$5.10 for each primary-age girl...

TOGO: Truth and reconciliation process underway

Almost 23,000 people responded to a UN-funded survey that is the first step in establishing what will be the country’s first truth and reconciliation commission. They were asked how to design a truth and reconciliation commission capable of confronting culprits who brutalised tens of thousands into exile. Security crackdowns during the deadly 2005 presidential poll that elected President Faure Gnassingbe to power forced 40,000 to flee into neighbouring Ghana and Benin, according to the UN. A...

TOGO: 17,000 poultry killed in latest flu outbreak

Some 17,000 birds died or have been culled since the outbreak of the H5N1 avian flu virus on 9 September on three poultry farms in Agbata, located 10km east of Lome, according to the country’s livestock director, Komla Batawui. Zero tolerance The UN Food and Agricultural Organization adviser to the government, Jacques Conforti, says the risk has been contained. “We focused on free-range poultry, and did not cull poultry in coops in the areas surrounding Agbata. This [the culling] should...