Two African Nations Gabon & Togo Join the Commonwealth Group of Nations

Two African Nations Gabon & Togo Join the Commonwealth Group of Nations

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Category : International Published on: June 29 2022

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The African nations of Gabon and Togo have been admitted into the Commonwealth group of nations.
Gabon and Togo are the Francophone countries.
Oil-rich Gabon, a former French colony on the Atlantic Ocean, has been ruled by the Bongo family for 55 years.
Togo, a former German then French colony, has also been under dynastic rule for more than half a century.
The 54-nation group of mostly former British colonies accepted Togo and Gabon's application for membership on the final day of its leadership summit in Rwanda.
The French-speaking West African states are the first new members to join the Commonwealth since Rwanda in 2009.
Mozambique -- a former Portuguese colony -- became the first Commonwealth member without historic links to Britain when it joined in 1995.

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