Why was the Africa-Israeli Summit cancelled?
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Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé, who has been facing mass demonstrations against his regime recently, has informed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he has canceled the Africa-Israel Summit slated for next month. The gathering was due to take place from October 23-27 in the capital of Lomé.
Gnassingbé’s decision comes in the midst of a political crisis in Togo. However, South Africa and some Arab countries had also applied pressure to call off the summit, to which dozens of countries had been invited.
Drive time anchor Shafiq Morton chatted to Dr Daud Abdullah, director of Middle East Monitor based in the UK
Gnassingbé’s decision comes in the midst of a political crisis in Togo. However, South Africa and some Arab countries had also applied pressure to call off the summit, to which dozens of countries had been invited.
Drive time anchor Shafiq Morton chatted to Dr Daud Abdullah, director of Middle East Monitor based in the UK