The opposition in Togo has denounced a proposed new constitution as a power grab, intended to extend the reign of President Faure Gnassingbé.
The reforms would see the West African country move from a presidential to a parliamentary system. But the (...)
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been elected the new chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Togo's capital Lome.
Buhari's election was announced at the end of the 53rd Ordinary Summit of ECOWAS Heads of (...)
A police commissioner was killed in clashes in northern Togo between police and demonstrators who were protesting against plans to relocate them from a nature reserve that they had settled in, security sources said Friday, Reuters reported.
Police (...)
Togo began voting on Saturday in an election expected to give President Faure Gnassingbe a third term in power, Reuters reported.
Gnassingbe has been president since 2005 when his father died after 38 years in charge.
Results from the single round (...)
Togo's ruling party has won more than two-thirds of
seats in parliament in an election last month, the constitutional
court said Monday, according to dpa.
The court confirmed preliminary results showing that President
Faure Gnassingbe's Union for (...)
People in Togo voted on Thursday in a long-delayed
parliamentary election, which could give an indication of what may
happen in the presidential polls due next year, dpa reported.
This was the opposition's first real chance in decades to erode
the (...)
Togo's government said that parliamentary elections would take place in late July after months of delays amid protests by the opposition, AP reported.
Government spokesman Yacoubou Hamadou said late Friday on state TV that elections will take place (...)
A memorandum of understanding has been co-signed by the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Government of the Republic of Togo to complete building of Hajj House project in Lome.
Saudi Ambassador to Ghana, who is also the non-resident (...)
A Greek-operated oil tanker seized off Togo was tracked down on Wednesday off the coast of Nigeria under the control of pirates, Reuters cited the ship's operator and Togolese authorities as saying.
"The vessel is presently sailing off the coast of (...)
Two members of Togo's interim football federation have been detained on suspicion of being involved with the fake national team that played an unsanctioned match against Bahrain this month, a security official said Friday.
Meanwhile, former Togo (...)
Togo's Football Federation launched an investigation Friday into how a fake team came to represent the country in a game against Bahrain last week.
Federation spokesman Richard Solitoko said a number of officials, including the former secretary (...)
The Togo team that lost 3-0 to Bahrain in an international friendly last week was “completely fake,” the chairman of Togo's interim football federation told The Associated Press Tuesday.
Seiyi Memene said the federation did not know the players (...)
More than 6,000 opposition demonstrators have taken to the streets in the West African nation of Togo to protest presidential election results, according to AP.
Togo's constitutional court has declared victory for the son of the country's former (...)
Thousands of opposition demonstrators have taken to the streets in the West African nation of Togo to protest presidential election results, AP reported.
Togo's constitutional court has declared victory for the son of the country's former dictator (...)
Togo's top opposition candidate was pelted with tear gas for a second time Sunday as he vowed to take to the streets every day in protest of what he says was an election rigged to favor the son of the country's longtime dictator, according to (...)
The main opposition candidate in Togo's presidential election said today he believes he won by a broad margin -- a claim that sets the stage for protests if the official results disagree, according to Reuters.
The vote held on Thursday in the small (...)
Togo's president has named a U.N.
diplomat as prime minister.
The appointment fills the vacancy created when Komla Mally
resigned from the post Friday after less than one year in
office.
New Prime Minister Gilbert Houngbo is a career (...)
Togolese Prime Minister Komlan Mally has resigned after less than a year in office, state television said.
"The president of the republic has accepted the resignation of Komlan Mally," the broadcast said late on Friday. It did not say why the prime (...)
Togolese Prime Minister Komlan
Mally has resigned after less than a year in office, REUTERS quoted state
television as saying late on Friday.
"The president of the Republic has accepted the resignation
of Komlan Mally," the broadcast (...)
A cholera outbreak in Benin since July has killed at least one person, with 90 others infected by the disease, according to Xinhua.
The deadly infectious disease, often incurred by ingesting contaminated water or food, has resulted in a relatively (...)
A top official in Togo says at least nine people have been killed as torrential floods have submerged entire villages, AP reported.
The African country's minister for transport, Ekpao Talaki, says the collapse of nine major bridges has hampered the (...)
TOGO'S GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION LEADERS HELD THEIR FIRST POLITICAL DIALOGUE IN MORE THAN FIVE YEARS ON FRIDAY, A CONDITION DEMANDED BY THE EUROPEAN UNION TO RESUME SUSPENDED AID TO THE SMALL WEST AFRICAN STATE, ACCORDING TO REUTERS.
BRUSSELS FROZE (...)
Togo said Monday it has charged a French citizen with illegal arms trafficking after the military seized four combat aircraft investigators suspected were bound for war-battered Ivory Coast against a U.N. arms embargo, AP reported.
The armed forces (...)
At least seven people have died and as many as 150 injured in violent clashes in Togo between supporters of the ruling party and the opposition a week before the country is to go to the polls, the French broadcaster RFI reported Sunday.
The (...)
Togo's main opposition parties said on Tuesday they would not attend a meeting called by West Africa's regional bloc ahead of Sunday's presidential poll, insisting they want the election postponed.
The Economic Community of West African States (...)
