2012-02-02
Return of Dozens of Refugees Living in Lome
[U.S. Embassy Abidjan]
A report carried by the state-run broadcaster RTI-TV said that sixty Ivorians who sought refuge in the Togolese capital Lome have returned home. According to the report, the return was organized by SAARA, an organization that provides aid and support to the refugees, with the backing of the UNHCR. The report also quoted an official who explained that the repatriation of the Ivorian refugees is part of a long process during which a large number of refugees will be encouraged to return home.2012-01-27
The World Bank Adopts a New Interim Strategy Note to Support the Country's Poverty Reduction Efforts
[World Bank]
Washington -
The Board of Executive Directors of The World Bank Group has adopted this day a second Interim Strategy Note (ISN-2) for Togo. The new strategy presents the framework for Bank's interventions in Togo during the period from 2012 to 2013. All proposed actions in the new ISN are aimed to deepen and expand upon ongoing operations, and are organized around three main pillars. 2012-01-25
Boko Haram - Nigeria Loses AJC Hosting to Togo
[Leadership]
The current spate of multiple bombings in Nigeria which is causing serious security concerns has prompted the International Tennis Federation (ITF) working in conjunction with the Confederation of Africa Tennis (CAT) to shift the hosting rights of the Africa Junior Tennis championship from Abuja, Nigeria to Togo. This is in spite of Nigeria's excellent tennis facilities boasting of 20 functional tennis courts of international standard at the National Tennis Centre in the National Stadium, Abuja. 2012-01-19
Clinton Promotes Democracy in Four-Nation Continent Trip
[State Department]
Washington -
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton completed a four-nation visit to Africa to promote democracy, good government and economic reforms, and to demonstrate a U.S. commitment to a post-conflict return to peace. 2012-01-18
U.S. Will Be Good Partner to a Reformed - Clinton
[RNW Africa]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday Washington would be a good partner to Togo as the west African country strengthens its democracy, in the first US high-level official visit there. 2012-01-17
Political Stability Taking Root - UN
[UN News]
Political stability is taking root in West Africa, a senior United Nations envoy told the Security Council today, cautioning, however, that progress remains tenuous and could be undermined by developments such the presence of an extremist group in Nigeria or the recent disturbances in Guinea-Bissau where soldiers reportedly tried to seize weapons. 2012-01-17
Briefing On Secretary Clinton's Trip to Four African Countries
[State Department]
A background briefing by senior officials of the Obama Administration on the visit of Secretary Hilary Rodham Clinton's visit to four West African countries: 2012-01-13
U.S. Secretary Clinton Heads for Four Nations
[State Department]
Secretary Clinton will travel to Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo and Cape Verde on January 16 - 17, 2012 to demonstrate U.S. commitment to post-conflict return to peace, good governance and economic development as well as to emphasize U.S. focus on democratization. 2012-01-13
The Achilles Heel of Continent's New Fibre Network Revolution
[Balancing Act]
London -
The reach of Africa's fibre networks is extending relentlessly in ways that would have been barely imaginable ten years ago. The speed and the capacity of the new fibre networks have made the use of them more essential, both by businesses and individuals. 2012-01-12
Politics - On the Mend?
[This is Africa]
The same family and political party have ruled Togo for the past 44 years. In 2005 president Faure Gnassingbé, the English speaking son of president-for-life Gnassingbé Eyadema, was elected in controversial circumstances upon his father's death. 2012-01-12
Political Change Stimulates Once-Moribund Economy
[This is Africa]
Since 2005 Togo's political transformation has been key in stimulating its once moribund economy. 2012-01-12
Govt Scales Up Infrastructure Investment
[This is Africa]
Driving past the deserted hotels which punctuate the coastal Boulevard Mono in Lomé, Albert Kokou, 43, a taxi driver, wistfully recalls a time when Togo was known as "west Africa's little Switzerland". Up ahead in the distance looms the Hotel Fevrier: Togo's tallest building whose 36 floors, once populated by French and African businessmen, have long been abandoned. 2012-01-12
Nation Builds 'Transit and Service Economy'
[This is Africa]
Half-way along the Togolese capital's main beachside boulevard, past several dilapidated hotels and the skeleton of a colonial-era export pier crumbling into the Atlantic, is what Arnold Ekpe hopes are the beginnings of a new Lomé. 2012-01-10
Fuel Crisis in Country?
[RNW Africa]
Lomé -
Togo has recently been experiencing heavy disruptions in fuel supply. The storage and distribution company, STE (Société Togolaise d'Entreposage), was reportedly battling to get new supplies. A situation many consumers have linked to the petrol price hike in Nigeria. While Togolese authorities deny rumours of any fuel shortage, the illegal fuel trade is flourishing. 2012-01-10
Ayew Brothers Head for Africa On a High
[RNW Africa]
Africa Cup of Nations-bound brothers Andre and Jordan Ayew of Ghana said an appropriate goodbye to Marseille with goals in the French Cup at the weekend. |
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