Togo re-opens border with Ghana

The Togolese government on Saturday afternoon reopened her side of the Ghana-Togo border at Aflao after its closure on last Friday.

No reason was given for the unannounced closure.

Some travellers attributed the Togolese authorities' action to a planned anti-government demonstration in the capital Lome on Friday.

The reopening of the border has eased tension created at Aflao as a result of the large vehicular and human traffic held up in the town.

Commercial cross-border activity that came to a standstill is also slowly picking up.

Taxi drivers who made brisk business during the period of the closure carrying stranded travellers to Akpokploe, an unauthorised route, for a windfall profit and created transportation difficulties for commuters between Aflao and Denu have also resumed normal services.