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On May 7, 2019, the national executive of the Volta separatist group, Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF), Emmanuel Agbavor has rejected claims that the group had a [[militia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://citinewsroom.com/2019/05/07/we-have-no-militia-western-togoland-independence-fighters/|title=We have no militia - Western Togoland independence 'fighters'|date=2019-05-07|website=Citi Newsroom|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-08}}</ref>
On May 7, 2019, the national executive of the Volta separatist group, Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF), Emmanuel Agbavor has rejected claims that the group had a [[militia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://citinewsroom.com/2019/05/07/we-have-no-militia-western-togoland-independence-fighters/|title=We have no militia - Western Togoland independence 'fighters'|date=2019-05-07|website=Citi Newsroom|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-08}}</ref>


On September 25, 2020, secessionists ordered Ghana Security forces out of Volta Region after attacking several police stations in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region. In a press statement declaring their secession from Ghana, Western Togolanders under the leadership of Togbe Yesu Kwabla Edudzi II have said that roadblocks will remain until “Ghana agrees to come to the negotiation table, with expected UNO facilitation.” They further ordered for the immediate release of all detained due to the Western Togoland independence struggle, and for immediate termination of all related court proceedings. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/national/western-togoland-separatists-order-ghana-security-forces-to-leave-the-volta-region-immediately/|title=Western Togoland: Secessionists order Ghana Security forces out of Volta Region|date=2020-09-25|website=My Joy Online|language=en-US|access-date=2020-09-08}}</ref>
On September 25, 2020, secessionists ordered Ghana Security forces out of Volta Region after attacking several police stations in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region. In a press statement declaring their secession from Ghana, Western Togolanders under the leadership of Togbe Yesu Kwabla Edudzi II have said that roadblocks will remain until “Ghana agrees to come to the negotiation table, with expected UN facilitation.” They further ordered for the immediate release of all detained due to the Western Togoland independence struggle, and for immediate termination of all related court proceedings. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/news/national/western-togoland-separatists-order-ghana-security-forces-to-leave-the-volta-region-immediately/|title=Western Togoland: Secessionists order Ghana Security forces out of Volta Region|date=2020-09-25|website=My Joy Online|language=en-US|access-date=2020-09-08}}</ref>


==Demographics==
==Demographics==

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Western Togoland[1]
Togoland occidental
Western Togoland (purple) within Ghana
Western Togoland (purple) within Ghana
StatusGhanaian Territory
CapitalTo be determined[1]
LargestHo
Official languagesEnglish
Recognised national languagesFrench
Recognised regional languagesGerman, Ewe, Dangme, Avatime, Tafi, Logba
Proposed independence flag for Western Togoland being used by separatists

Western Togoland (French: Togoland occidental) is an area in the Republic of Ghana. The area of Western Togoland is divided into five regions: Volta, Oti, Northern region, North East region and Upper East Region. In September 2020 separatists in Western Togoland declared independence.[2][3]

Western Togoland has been a member state of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) since 2017.

History

Germany established the Togoland protectorate in 1884. Under German administration, the protectorate was regarded as a model colony or Musterkolonie and experienced a golden age.[4] During the First World War in 1914, Britain and France invaded the protectorate. After the German defeat and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, the western part of Togoland became a British mandate, British Togoland.

After the Second World War British Togoland became a United Nations Trust Territory that was under British administration.

In 1957 they voted in a plebiscite to become part of what is now Ghana.[5][6]

On May 9, 2017 the Homeland Study Group Foundation (French: Fondation du Groupe d'étude de la Patrie) unsuccessfully tried to declare the independence of Western Togoland.

On Thursday, May 9, 2019, the Ghana Police Service said the eight leaders of the Study Group Foundation arrested for seeking secession from Ghana planned to declare its independence.

On May 7, 2019, the national executive of the Volta separatist group, Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF), Emmanuel Agbavor has rejected claims that the group had a militia.[7]

On September 25, 2020, secessionists ordered Ghana Security forces out of Volta Region after attacking several police stations in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region. In a press statement declaring their secession from Ghana, Western Togolanders under the leadership of Togbe Yesu Kwabla Edudzi II have said that roadblocks will remain until “Ghana agrees to come to the negotiation table, with expected UN facilitation.” They further ordered for the immediate release of all detained due to the Western Togoland independence struggle, and for immediate termination of all related court proceedings. [8]

Demographics

About 4 million people live in Western Togoland. Languages of Western Togoland include Ewe, Dangme, and English.

The main religions are Christianity, Islam, Afá, and Voodoo. Majority of the people in this region are Ewes.

References

  1. ^ a b "The State of Western Togoland". Peoples' Liberation Council of Western Togoland. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  2. ^ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Ghana's Western Togoland region declares sovereignty | DW | 25.09.2020". DW.COM. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  3. ^ "Western Togoland suspected separatists fresh attack for Ghana". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  4. ^ Zimmerman, Andrew (2012-05-27). Alabama in Africa: Booker T. Washington, the German Empire, and the Globalization of the New South. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-15586-9.
  5. ^ "UNPO: Western Togoland". unpo.org.
  6. ^ "Ghana - THE COLONIAL ERA: BRITISH RULE OF THE GOLD COAST". countrystudies.us. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  7. ^ "We have no militia - Western Togoland independence 'fighters'". Citi Newsroom. 2019-05-07. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  8. ^ "Western Togoland: Secessionists order Ghana Security forces out of Volta Region". My Joy Online. 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2020-09-08.

External links

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