The former Prime Minister of Togo,
Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI), the New York-based institution announced Thursday.
Togo's Foreign Minister has announced Wednesday, his participation to The Chatam House webinair on “The Future Of Africa-Eu Relations : Restoring Momentum For Effective Partnership”.
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.
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
Ferdinand Ayité and Joël Egah, the two Togolese journalists arrested since December 10, 2021, were released on Friday December 31. A Conditional freedom.
As we reported a month ago, the administration of the booster dose of the vaccine against covid-19 is now effective in Togo. The government officially launched its start-up on Monday.
Ireland urges the Togolese authorities to investigate allegations of torture against one of its citizens, Abdoul-Aziz Goma, a 52-year-old man from Togo, jailed for 3 years without trial.
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".
The last variant of coronavirus known as Omicron, is indeed present in Togo, and represents about 25% of new cases of contamination identified in the country, announced Wednesday the National Coordination of Management of the Response (CNGR) during its weekly press release.
