Sources: AFP and Togo public holidays. Last Thursday, the government of Togo declared three days of national mourning for the victims of recent torrential rains and floods which have washed away or damaged 22,000 hut homes, more than 100 bridges and 58 schools and colleges, along with 1,500 hectares of food crops and have left 34,000 people homeless.
In addition, on Friday, the government postponed by one month the start of the school year, which was supposed to have started on September 17.