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2020 in Togo

The following events occurred in Togo in the year 2020.

Incumbents

Events

  • 7 January – Emeritus Archbishop of Lomé, Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro, calls for the suspension of the February 22 presidential election to pave the way for electoral reforms.
  • 14 January – Authorities in Ivory Coast say they rescued 137 children from Benin, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, and Togo, aged 6 to 17, who were the victims of traffickers and groomed to work on cocoa plantations or in prostitution.
  • 22 January – Globeleq and the government of Togo sign an agreement to develop between 24MW and 30MW of reliable, low cost, 100% renewable energy to support Togo's industrial development.
  • 22 February – 2020 Togolese presidential election: President Faure Gnassingbé of the Union for the Republic (UPR) is re-elected for his fourth term with 71% of the vote in the first round.
  • 6 March – Togolese authorities announce the first COVID-19 case in the country, a 42-year-old Togolese woman who travelled between Germany, France, Turkey, and Benin before returning to Togo.
  • 15 March – In a historic first, all Peace Corps volunteers worldwide are withdrawn from their host countries.
  • 27 March – The first COVID-19 death occurs in the country.
  • 27 April – Independence Day (from France, 1960)
  • 25 May – Africa Day
  • 14 September – COVID-19 pandemic in Togo: Togo receives 12 health workers sent by the government of Cuba.

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