Togo Records New Drop in Cotton Output in 2024-2025 Season

(Togo First) - Togo produced 60,403 tonnes of seed cotton during the 2024-2025 season, down 9.8% from 67,000 tonnes in the previous season. The recent output was also 8.4% shorter than the initial forecast of 66,000 tonnes. The figures were...

Togo: Egypt and Bassar Named Guest of Honour for Aného International History Festival

(Togo First) - Egypt will take center stage as the guest of honour at the 4th Aného International History Festival (FIHA), set for November 20-23, 2025. The festival’s organizing committee, led by Alexis Aquereburu, mayor of the Lacs 1 commune,...

Togo’s citizens want to leave Ecowas – new survey suggests w...

A survey of Togolese citizens recently looked into perceptions of their government's handling of the terrorist threat in the northern region and of the Alliance of Sahel States – Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. The survey was carried out by...

Benin Coach Confident Of Shock Win Over Super Falcons In WAFCON Qualifier

Benin Republic women’s national team coach, Abdoulaye Ouzerou, believes his side can spring a surprise against the Super Falcons when both teams meet in the return leg of their 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Abeokuta later today,...

Côte d'Ivoire: three months ahead of the presidential election, RSF calls on authorities and political parties to protect journalists

Sunglasses, a cap and a microphone without media logos… on 14 June, France 24 journalist and regional coordinator M'ma Camara took care to conceal her identity while covering a meeting of the main opposition party, Parti démocratique de Côte...

Russia gives green light to army cooperation agreement with Togo

(MENAFN) The Russian government has given the green light to ratify a military cooperation agreement with Togo, marking another step in Moscow’s expanding defense relationships in West Africa, according to reports. The decision, made by Russia’s...

Togo Launches National SME Week to Boost Business Growth

(Togo First) - Togo kicked off the second edition of its National Week for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (SN-TPME) on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. The event, running until June 5, stretches across several cities and focuses on the theme:...

Offshore Lomé Fuel Trade Greatest Obstacle To Africa’s Refining Independence – Dangote

Africa’s foremost industrialist, Aliko Dangote, has identified the offshore Lomé floating fuel market as the biggest threat to Sub-Saharan Africa’s ambition of attaining refining self-sufficiency. Delivering the keynote address at the West Africa...

Togo’s citizens want to leave Ecowas – new survey suggests why

A survey of Togolese citizens recently looked into perceptions of their government’s handling of the terrorist threat in the northern region and of the Alliance of Sahel States – Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. The survey was carried out by...

“Corrupt Political Actors Frustrating Refineries In Africa” – Dangote

President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has claimed that corrupt political actors are behind struggles of establishing a working refinery. Dangote declared that no new large-scale refinery project may ever be built by any African nation, unless...

Refinery: We Imported 150,000 Containers Through Lome Port — Dangote

The President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote has revealed that the construction of Africa’s largest oil refinery required the importation of 150,000 containers, with the majority routed through the Port in Lome, Togo. Dangote said this...

Lady Annabel Goldsmith obituary

Lady Annabel Goldsmith did not mind having the most famous celebrity nightspot in London named after her: “A person might have a rose named after them, but seldom a nightclub. That’s pretty good,” she told the Observer in 2009. Not only good but...

Cincinnati, Minnesota win MLS playoff series openers

Kevin Denkey scored in the 78th minute to lift FC Cincinnati over the visiting Columbus Crew 1-0 on Monday to win their Major League Soccer playoff series opener. The 24-year-old Togolese forward, who scored 15 goals in 29 regular-season...

Refined products expensive to load from Dangote than Lomé – Dangote

The President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has raised concerns over rising logistics and regulatory bottlenecks stifling its competitiveness, disclosing that port-related charges have made it more expensive for oil marketers to lift...

Togo’s citizens want to leave Ecowas — new survey suggests why

The survey, which involved 1,200 people, reveals that 64 per cent of Togolese respondents believe the withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) to form the Alliance of Sahel States is...

DJ Sly King tipped to win big at 2025 Guinness Ghana DJ Awards

DJ Sly King, popularly known as The Unstoppable, is the leading favorite to sweep multiple awards at this year’s Guinness Ghana DJ Awards, happening on Saturday, November 29th, at the Palm Convention Center. The celebrated Ghanaian DJ has emerged...

Low Voter Turnout Marks Togo’s Municipal Elections: Silent Boycott or Slow Start?

Polling stations across Togo opened on Thursday for the country’s municipal elections, but voter turnout remained strikingly low by mid-morning, particularly in the capital, Lomé. The sparse crowds at voting centers raised questions about whether...

Morgan State, Togolese nonprofit partner for educational exchange

Morgan State University is expanding its international ties with a new partnership with a Togolese nonprofit, an arrangement that could bring more African students and faculty to its Baltimore campus. The memorandum of understanding signed in late...

Togo’s Change of Constitution Removing Presidential Term Limit Poses “serious risk” to Social Cohesion: Catholic Bishops

In their statement, Togo’s Catholic Bishops weigh in on the May 3 appointment. They say, “On May 3, 2025, our country officially moved from the Fourth to the Fifth Republic, in a context of deep tension, heavy hearts, and widespread frustration...

Togo seeks consultant to update its digital transformation strategy

The Ministry of Digital Economy and Digital Transformation of Togo is looking for a consulting firm that will propose an update to the country’s digital transformation plan dubbed Digital Togo 2025 Strategy. According to a call for the expression...