Koffi Panou

Koffi Panou (January 31, 1947 – March 15, 2003[1]) was a Togolese politician and diplomat who served in the government under President Gnassingbé Eyadéma.

Panou, who was from Lacs Prefecture in southern Togo,[2] graduated from ESIJY in Yaoundé, Cameroon in the 1970s[citation needed] and worked as a journalist.

[3] He was a member of the West African mediation group during the Ivorian Civil War and participated in the cease-fire negotiations.

[4][5][6] Panou, who had been ill and had been to France for treatment at Val-de-Grâce Military Hospital,[1] died of a heart attack[7] on March 15, 2003[1][7] in Kara Region.

[7] The funeral oration speech was performed by Charles Kondi Agba, a government minister.