The minimum wage raised to 52,500 FCFA in Togo
The guaranteed interprofessional minimum wage of 35,000 FCFA (about $57 monthly) in force since 2012, will experience an increase in Togo from Sunday, January 1, 2023.
Category: Society
Togo Youth innovation week officially launched
The first Youth Innovation Week (Togo Youth innovation week) was officially launched on Tuesday December 13 in Lomé and the logo of the event is unveiled.
Togo-New law on sexual abuse: The UK updates its citizens
Following the adoption of a new law to better combat sexual violence in Togo, the United Kingdom has issued a statement on Wednesday informing its citizens traveling or residing in the country.
Taking office of the 48 new delegates of the High Council of Togolese Abroad
The 48 new country delegates of the High Council of Togolese Abroad (HCTE) elected last month, officially took office this Wednesday, November 23, 2022, during a ceremony led in Lomé by the Togolese Minister of Foreign Affairs Robert Dussey.
Togo-Terrorist attacks displace more than 4,000 people
Togo has been providing assistance for several months to the populations victims of attacks by terrorist groups in the Savannah region and beyond the national borders, announces the government, which indicates that the number of displaced persons already exceeds 4,000.
Togo launches a Website for tourism
Togo now officially has an internet portal dedicated to tourism. The Minister of the sector, Gbenyo Lamadokou unveiled the site a few days ago.
HSGF denounces “unlawful” minerals resources exploitation in Western Togoland
The Homeland Study Group Foundation (HSGF), one of the groups demanding independence for the western part of the former Togoland, denounces the exploitation of mineral resources on their territory, an act that activists deem illegal.
More than thousand Togolese pilgrims expected for Hajj 2022
After two years of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the great pilgrimage to Mecca will take place this year for the Togolese Muslim community. “The quota reserved for our country goes from 2,225 in 2019 to 1,098 this year,” said the Minister of Territorial Administration, Payadowa Boukpessi.
A Chadian trader stabs a Togolese soldier to death
A Togolese gendarme was fatally stabbed on Thursday by a Chadian trader who also injured a policeman. The Minister of Security and Civil Protection of Togo, Gal Yark Damehame, commenting on the case, communicated the circumstances of the tragedy.
Togo-10 weekly flights between Lomé and Washington
Ethiopian Airlines officially launched on Wednesday, June 1, a new connection to Washington DC from Lomé. An inaugural flight took place in this direction, following a ceremony organized at Gnassingbé Eyadema International Airport (AIGE).