Togo PM and government resign, no reason given

Lome, 12 Jul – (ANA) - Togo's prime minister and government have resigned, according to a statement on national television and radio, but no reason was given for their stepping down.

A statement yesterday said that President Faure Gnassingbe had accepted Prime Minister Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo's resignation. A former UN diplomat, Houngbo was virtually unknown in Togolese politics when he was named prime minister in 2008. He kept the post following Gnassingbe's re-election in May 2010. Togo is due to hold parliamentary elections in October. In recent weeks, there have been f protests in the former French colony ahead of the poll as opposition groups seek to reverse changes to voting rules. (ANA)

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