2012 in Togo
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- President: Faure Gnassingbé
- Prime Minister: Gilbert Houngbo (until July 23), Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu (after July 23)
Events
- January 15: Togolese government officials announce reopening of the University of Lomé after student protesting shut it down in the previous year[1]
- January 17: American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Lomé as part of a tour in West Africa[2]
- February 29: Government calls for sanctions against members of the Togolese National Intelligence for their roles in a previous coup[3]
- March 29: President of Ghana John Atta Mills ends his diplomatic trip to the country[4]
- April 13: Ghana and Togo approve a transnational water supply project between Lomé and Sogakope[5]
- May 18: Human rights groups speak out against unsanitary conditions of the Lomé prison which led to prisoner deaths[6]
- June 12: Beginning of 2012–2013 Togolese protests
- June 14: "Several dozen" civilians are injured by police during protests[7]
- June 17: Two civilian protestors die from injuries sustained from police forces[8]
- June 19: Former Prime Minister Agbéyomé Kodjo is "briefly" arrested in his home by police[9]
- September 3: The African Development Bank pledges 56 billion CFA francs to help Togo repair border roads near Burkina Faso[10]
- September 20: Thousands of women protest in Togolese capital for government reforms[11]
