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Togo: President Files More Defamation Suits Against Two Newspapers

31 August 2010

Togo's President, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé on August 30, 2010 filed three more defamation suits against two privately-owned newspapers.

Two of the suits were brought against the weekly L'Indépendant Express. This makes three the number of cases that President Gnassingbé has launched against L'Indépendant Express since August 18.

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)'s correspondent in Togo reported that these latest suits followed two articles that L'Indépendant Express published on August 3 & 24 accusing the administration of mismanagement and corruption.

The correspondent said on the same August 30, President Gnassingbé brought another suit against Liberté over an August 3 article headlined: Handling of state affairs in Togo". The article claimed that sex influences the management of the affairs of Togo.

Meanwhile, the earlier case against L'Indépendant Express has been adjourned to September 29, 2010.

Tagged: Legal Affairs, Media, Togo, West Africa

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