Togo’s elusive blue gold by Blamé Ekoue In Lomé, the capital of the tiny West African country of Togo, many citizens still fetch water from traditionally built hand-dug wells, water that may not be safe to drink. At Tsevié, a town located some 35 km north, women walk more than five kilometres every morning to fetch water in the nearby Haho river where goats, cows and other animals drink, wash and defecate. Togo, a narrow strip of land, has copious water resources: rainwater, surface water in its three river basins and groundwater reserves. Its renewable freshwater resources (rivers and groundwater…
Blamé Ekoue
Blamé Ekoue
Blame Ekoué is the Togo correspondent for the BBC and for Paris-based media house, ANA. He has also reported for Associated Press and Radio France International. He holds a BA in Communications from the Leader Institute in Lomé. Formerly deputy editor of the West Africa Revue, he has been a contributor to the Lome-based Business and Finance magazine since 2015.
