New suspected terrorist threat in northern Togo
The Togolese Minister of Security and Civil Protection of Togo confirmed Thursday a “new incursion of terrorists” into northern Togo on the night of February 19, 2022.
Category: Society
Togo to create a new special police for foreigners
Togo is preparing to update the general conditions related to the entry and stay of foreigners on its territory. The government, meeting Monday in the Council of Ministers , adopted a draft law to this effect.
Mali: New attack against Togolese UN Peacekeepers
The Togolese contingent of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) was the target of a new attack on Monday.
Togo-Towards mandatory vaccination pass in the markets of Lomé
In Togo, access to markets will soon be conditioned by the presentation of proof of vaccination against Covid-19 or a PCR test of less than 72 hours.
Covid-19 : Togo extends vaccination to over 12 years old pupils
In Togo now, from Friday, January 14, vaccination concerns pupils and learners from the secondary school and “persons aged 12 and over throughout the national territory”.
Togo-Faure Gnassingbé lost his French Advisor, Debbasch
Charles Debbasch, the lawyer and special advisor to the Togolese Head of State, Faure Gnassingbé bowed out last Saturday in Paris at the age of 84.
United States : Togolese gunned down by police after a standoff
Protests were held in Austin, Minnesota in the United States on Thursday, December 30, 2021, in response to the death of a 38-year-old man believed to be a Togolese. Kokou Christopher Fiafonou was killed on December 23 by Austin police officer Zachary Gast.
RSF calls for lifting of juridical control of Togolese journalists
Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) has once again reacted to the release of the two Togolese journalists arrested last month for defaming some members of government. This time the Paris based NGO calls on Togo’s leaders to lift juridical control on the colleagues
Togo: journalists sent to prison for criticizing two ministers
The directors of the newspapers L’Alternative et Fraternité, Ferdinand Ayité and Joël Egah, arrested since December 10, have been transferred to the civil prison in Lomé. The charges against them are “contempt of authority” and “spreading false words on social media”.
Togo mourned its soldiers who died on UN mission
The Togolese nation paid national tribute on Saturday to its soldiers who fell a few days ago in Mali as part of the UN Peacekeeping mission.