Lome, investiture of Faure Gnassingbe President of Togo, 2nd term

President Mills At Faure’s Investiture

Date: 04-May-2010

The President, Professor John Evans Atta Mills, yesterday joined other Heads of State in the West African sub-region to witness the investiture of Mr. Faure Gnassingbe as the President of Togo for a second term.

The four-hour ceremony, which was marked with pomp and grandeur, was attended by Presidents Yayi Boni of Benin, Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d’Ivoire, Pal Biya of Cameroun and Blaise compaore of Burkina Faso.

A harem of artistes, clad in apparels with the effigy of Mr Gnassingbe embossed in them, danced to music, to the admiration of the visitors.

Faure said government would exchange ideas on issues bordering on science and technology with countries in the sub-region for the mutual benefit.

source: elections.peacefmonline.com

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President Atta Mills meets Ghanaians in Togo

Tuesday, 4, May, 2010

President Mills made this remarks when he met the Ghanaian community in Togo after attending the investiture of the Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe. He said they should be discerning in believing whatever propaganda that is put out by the opposition.

He said Ghanaians living abroad should come home and take advantage of the conducive atmosphere in the business sector to come and invest.

source: gbcghana.com | Ghana Broadcasting Corporation

Faure Gnassingbe was sworn in for a second five-year term as Togo's president on Monday, despite persistent low-level opposition protests against his victory in the March 6 election. With one hand on the bible, Gnassingbe was sworn in as the leaders of Ghana, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Benin looked on. Gnassingbe's poll win, with just over 60 percent of the vote, sparked a series of protests by the opposition in the tiny West African country, the world's No. 4 supplier of phosphate.

source: af.reuters.com