General News of Sunday, 17 November 2019Source: citinewsroom.comSeparatist movement declares independence for Western TogolandLeader of the Separatist movement, Mr. Charles Komi Kudzordzi (r)The Homeland Study Group Foundation, (HSGF), which has been campaigning for the secession of some parts of Ghana into an independent ’Western Togoland State’ declared their independence yesterday, Saturday. Leader of the Separatist movement, Mr. Charles Komi Kudzordzi alias Papavi Hogbedetor who is in his 80s made the declaration at a public gathering in Ho on Saturday, November 16, 2019. A member of the group, Kotsi Mawuko Ekpo, who spoke to V1 TV said the group has” established governing structures for the new Western Togoland”. BackgroundAbout 81 members of the separatist group were in May 2019 arrested for assembling for a protest over the arrest of seven leaders of the Homeland Study Group Foundation. History of Western Togoland (from www.britannica.com)Togoland, former German protectorate, western Africa, was divided between the Republics of Togo and Ghana.

Source: GhanaWeb November 17, 2019 08:03 UTC