Togo's main opposition party, the Union of Forces for Change (UFC), will for the first time join the next government, opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio told a press conference Thursday in Lome.
Olympio said that the deal would give his party seven ministerial posts.
The Prime minister confirmed the deal, according to a statement published on republicoftogo.com
This marks the first time that the UFC will play a formal role in government since Togo's democratic process started in 1990.