Togo sets up truth commission
2009-05-28 22:40
Lome -Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe has set up a truth, justice and reconciliation commission to investigate political violence.
The 11-member panel comprises religious figures, traditional chiefs and academics and will be headed by Nicodeme Barrigah, who is the bishop of Atakpame, a town 175km north of Lome.
The commission was created in the light of consultations from May to July 2008 and includes no members of the political parties.
They agreed in August 2006 that a team should be formed to probe violence and satisfy a demand for justice.
Togo has been rocked by waves of political violence, particularly in the presidential election of April 2005, after the death of General Gnassingbe Eyadema, who ruled for 38 years.
- SAPA