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Togo has officially entered its Fifth Republic. The election of senators ratifies the new Constitution promulgated in May, and at the same time marks the start of parliamentary government in the country. The Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) has announced the provisional results. Of the 41 seats up for grabs, the presidential party won 34, while the other 7 were held by part of the opposition, which took part in the election. The rest of the opposition boycotted the election, claiming that it was "a disguised continuation of Faure Gnassingbé's rule under the new Constitution", an accusation refuted by the ruling party through the Minister of the Civil Service, Labor and Social Dialogue on his X account (Twitter). The Minister maintains that: "Our new Constitution will help to clean up and rationalize the political landscape, by contributing, to put it plainly, to the extinction of political micro-parties, and thereby reducing the fragmentation of the Togolese political landscape". Constitutional and regime change continue to divide Togo's political class.

On the security front, Togo is facing recurrent terrorist incursions in the Savanes region, bordering Burkina Faso. These security threats and the attacks perpetrated by terrorist groups prompted the Togolese government to declare a state of security emergency in this part of the country. This measure, introduced in June 2022, came to an end a few weeks ago. The Togolese government has announced the extension of the state of security emergency in the Savanes region. The reason given for maintaining the state of emergency is the "alarming, worrying and recurrent nature of serious threats and attacks perpetrated by terrorist groups in the Savanes region". However, there has been a marked lull in terrorist attacks in the region, although the humanitarian situation remains worrying.