Wide expectations on the victory of Faure Gnassingbe in Togo

Togo has held presidential elections on March 4th and according to preliminary ballot results, President Faure Gnassingbe is in top of the list and certainly will be re-elected for a second term.
Some Togolese experts closed to decision-making circles have confirmed that President Gnassingbe is preparing a reform plan-action focused on three key-concepts; an urgent plan of development for rural areas based on the terms of MDGs. Enhancement of democratic institutions, and encouragement of investment.
Togo is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, on which the capital Lome is located. Despite of tensions, Togo‘s geostrategic position enforced its role in the ethnic peace building, and the warfare against drug-traffic in the region.

Togo covers an area of approximately 57,000 square kilometres with a population of approximately 6.7 million. Approximately one half of the population lives below the international poverty line of 1.25 U.S. dollars a day.
Togo’s small sub-Saharan economy is heavily dependent on both commercial and subsistence agriculture, which provides employment for 65 percent of the labor force. Cotton, coffee and cocoa together generate about 40 percent of export earnings.
In the industrial sector, phosphate mining is no longer the most important activity, as cement and clinker export to neighbouring countries have taken over.
Togo is divided into five regions, which are subdivided in turn into 30 prefectures and one commune. From north to south the regions are Savanes, Kara, Centrale, Plateaux and Maritime.
The official language in Togo is French; however, there are many other languages spoken in Togo.

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