Togo lifts suspension on foreign media accreditation
This decision followed the arrest and expulsion of a French journalist, who was accused by Togolese authorities of illegally crossing the border and acting as an activist.
This decision followed the arrest and expulsion of a French journalist, who was accused by Togolese authorities of illegally crossing the border and acting as an activist.
Au Togo, les médias étrangers pourront à nouveau obtenir une accréditation pour couvrir les événements et manifestations à partir du 26 juin prochain. Cette annonce a été faite par la Haute Autorité de l’Audiovisuel et de la Communication (HAAC) dans un récent communiqué.
Togo’s leading investigative newspaper, L’Alternative, has made a triumphant return as a website, thanks to support from Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The publication had been forced to shutter its operations a year ago when its publisher and editor fled the country.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has revealed this week that Pegasus cyber-espionage software continues to infiltrate the mobile phones of Togolese journalists, especially Loïc Lawson and Anani Sossou. The duo currently faces legal action in Togo, triggered by a complaint from the Minister of Urban Planning.
“This award is not truly good news for our country,” said Ferdinand Ayité, the Togolese winner of the International Press Freedom Award presented on Thursday evening (November 16, 2023) by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in New York
Two Togolese journalists, Loic Lawson, the editor of Flambeau des Democrates, and Anani Sossou, a freelance journalist, found themselves in prison on Wednesday, facing charges of defaming Housing Minister Kodjo Adedze on social media.
Le Patronat de la presse togolaise (PPT) vient d’élire un nouveau bureau lors d’une Assemblée générale éléctive tenue ce mercredi…
Journalists from Georgia, India, Mexico and the Togolese Ferdinand Ayité will be honored in November at the 2023 International Press Freedom Awards, which celebrate brave reporters around the world.
From his place of exile, the Togolese journalist, Ferdinand Ayité makes revelations about the state of his family in the West African nation. According to the journalist prosecuted by the country’s authorities, his family has been constantly intimidated and harassed since he left Lomé.
The Togolese journalists Ferdinand Ayite and Isidore Kouwonou, respectively Director of Publication and Editor-in-Chief of the Togolese investigative newspaper L’ALTERNATIVE will be tried again on Thursday, May 11, 2023 at the Lomé Court of Appeal, we learn.