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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Togolese Presidential Elections

Well, we made it through the presidential elections! (…sort of)

GNASSINGBE Faure of the RPT party was declared the winner.

Faure was originally put in office after his father (the sixth president of Togo) died and re-elected this year for a second term. Faure is a member of the RPT (Rassemblement des Peuple Togolaise); the main opposition party is UFC (Union des Forces de Changement) and this year, their candidate was FABRE Jean Pierre.

While the time during and immediately following the elections were—for the most part—calm (there were a few incidents involving tear gas in Lomé), opposition supports are claiming that the elections were rigged (i.e., ballot stuffing, faulty machines, falsifying votes, etc.). The opposition is unwilling to stand for such suspected corruption and have been planning events to oppose the election of Faure (RPT) for his second consecutive presidency. Opposition events have been taking place all over the country but predominately in the capitol, Lomé, with the number of UFC supporters growing.

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Moringa

Moringa is a plant that contains essential vitamins and minerals often lacking in the Togolese diet. The tree can be used in a variety of ways to treat problems of malnutrition and water-borne illness. The leaves of the tree can be eaten or dried and crushed into a powder that can be added to sauces or sprinkled on top of any dish; the seeds of the plant can be turned into cooking oil as well as used to purify water. To illustrate the advantage of this plant: the leaves of a moringa tree contain seven times the vitamin C than one orange, four times the Vitamin A than a serving of carrots, four times the calcium contained on one glass of milk, three times the potassium than one banana, and two times the protein contained in one serving of yogurt! Moringa Fest was an event that I participated in that was planned by a Peace Corps volunteer in a village called Notse. The PCV has been completing a two year promotional initiative on the benefits of incorporating moringa into the Togolese diet.

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