2020 in Togo

Decades:	2000s; 2010s; 2020s;
See also:	Other events of 2020; History of Togo

Events in the year 2020 in Togo.

Incumbents

7 January – Emeritus Archbishop of Lomé, Philippe Fanoko Kossi Kpodzro, calls for the suspension the February 22 presidential election to pave the way for electoral reforms.
14 January – Authorities in Ivory Coast say they rescued 137 children from Benin, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria, and Togo, aged 6 to 17, who were the victims of traffickers and groomed to work on cocoa plantations or in prostitution.[1]
22 January – Globeleq and the government of Togo sign an agreement to develop between 24MW and 30MW of reliable, low cost, 100% renewable energy to support Togo's industrial development.[2]
22 February – 2020 Togolese presidential election: President Faure Gnassingbé of the Union for the Republic (UPR) is re-elected for his fourth term with 71% of the vote in the first round.[3]
6 March – Togolese authorities announce the first COVID-19 case in the country, a 42-year-old Togolese woman who travelled between Germany, France, Turkey, and Benin before returning to Togo.[4]
15 March – In a historic first, all Peace Corps volunteers worldwide are withdrawn from their host countries.[5]
27 March – The first COVID-19 death occurres in the country.[6]
27 April – Indpendence Day (from France, 1960)
25 May – Africa Day
14 September – COVID-19 pandemic in Togo: Togo receives 12 health workers sent by the government of Cuba.[7]

11 April – Edem Kodjo, 81, politician, Prime Minister (1994–1996, 2005–2006) and Chairperson of the African Union Commission (1978–1983)[8]
30 May – Yawovi Agboyibo, 76, politician, Prime Minister (2006–2007)[9]
15 October – Fambaré Ouattara Natchaba, 75, politician, President of the National Assembly (2000–2005), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1992–1994) and MP (1994–2005).[10]

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