The roughing up of journalists is commonplace in Togo, but no one expected that a visiting officer from the French army would publicly approve such acts.
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Ghana’s remarkable but ill-fated run in this World Cup took on a spiritual significance that has left some Africans worrying that God had abandoned their World Cup dreams.
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Le 26 juin passé, le Ghana s’est hissé, pour la seconde fois consécutive, en huitièmes de finale d’une coupe du monde, en battant les Etats-Unis d’Amérique, après un match acharné.
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For the moment, the whole continent holds its breath and prays that the Black Stars may continue to write this new chapter in the history of African football.
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« C’est un moment terrible pour le Continent entier. Ce fût un désastre » s’est exclamé Abedi Pele, la légende du football ghanéen.
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I was standing near a shop taking pictures when five soldiers approached me shouting, “Break his camera.” "Knock him down so he will never report again!”
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Personne n’avait dit qu’il aurait été facile de faire la lumière sur le demi-siècle de violences politiques qui ont jalonné la vie du Togo depuis 1958, veille de l’indépendance, jusqu’en 2005.
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Election violence had traumatized the Togolese so often that when the 2010 presidential polling began on March 4, people had already made plans to seek refuge in neighboring countries.
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After one year on the job, Togo's Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission is known more for what is has not accomplished than for anything it has done.
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