independence

On October 1, 1960, Nigeria, a former British colony, became the largest independent state on the African continent. What political, economic, social and cultural results can we draw from these sixty years of independence? With our guests:- Remi Sonaiya, author, former professor of French language and applied linguistics,…

Seven months after the presidential election on 22 February, Faure Gnassingbé, elected for a fourth term in five years, appointed a woman, Victoire Sidémèho Tomegah-Dogbé, as Prime Minister. A first since independence. as reported from Lomé, Peter Sassou Dogbé Born in December 1959, Victoire Sidémèho Tomegah, wife of Dogbé, is from Badougbé on the shores of Lake Togo in the prefecture of Vo, the phosphate mining area. She began her professional career in the private sector after a master's degree in economics and…