Kafui Dogbe revives giant puppetry in Togo

In a workshop located in the northeast of Lomé, Kafui Dogbe and her team are transforming recycled materials into extraordinary giant puppets. Water bottles are molded into arms, and expressive faces are meticulously sculpted. This creative...

Togo Raises Municipal Council Seats by 140, Totaling 1,667

(Togo First) - Togo increased its municipal council seats from 1,527 to 1,667, adding 140 new seats. The change takes effect for the local elections set for July 10. The President of the Council approved this decision, following a proposal from...

Togo reports mpox outbreak as activity escalates in West Africa

Togo's health ministry declared an mpox outbreak late last week, with three confirmed cases reported so far, raising concerns about further disease spread in West Africa where illness activity is surging in Sierra Leone, the region's latest hot...

Togo: Golfe 7 Municipality Starts Drafting First Municipal Development Plan

(Togo First) - The Golfe 7 municipality in Lomé, Togo, is drafting a Municipal Development Plan (PDC) to steer local development over the next five years. The plan will establish a strategic framework for participatory budgeting and development. A...

Togo: Lacs 1 and Lacs 2’s Fishmongers and Market Gardeners Get Boost from World Bank

(Togo First) - Last week, the World Bank handed out equipment to fishmongers and market gardeners in Togo’s Lacs 1 and Lacs 3 communes. The gear aims to strengthen their work along the vulnerable Gbodjomé-Sanvi-Kondji coastal stretch, which faces...

Togo Offers Some of Africa’s Cheapest Healthy Food, Yet Many Still Struggle to Afford It

(Togo First) - A new FAO report reveals that in Togo, people need about $3.20 daily (almost CFA2,000) to access a healthy diet. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) defines the Cost of a Healthy Diet (CoHD) as the minimum price to locally...

‘He just wanted to play football': A family mourns a 15-year-old as Togo cracks down on protests

LOME, Togo (AP) — The family courtyard where Jacques Koami Koutoglo used to play football with his cousins in a working-class neighborhood in Togo ‘s capital now sits silent. The ball he once kicked around lies deflated beside a bundle of...

'Tired of this regime': Togo youth march for change

Like other Togolese under the age of 60, Elom cannot remember a time when the tiny west African nation was not ruled by a member of the Gnassingbe family. Yet with the economy ground to a halt and the future outlook grim, the 23-year-old...

Togo’s striking brutalist architecture

Lomé’s architecture stands out not because it is singular, but because it is representative of wider continental narratives. Like other “peers,” in the latter half of the 20th century, Togo entered the international architectural scene as a nation...

The Gen Z of Madagascar must learn from history

JOHANNESBURG - The military and political elites in Madagascar have a tendency of hijacking popular protests and diverting them from real Malagasy challenges. This trend started in 1972 when University students were demanding the decolonisation of...

Togolese robbery suspect referred for psychiatric evaluation after allegedly eating his own faeces

A Togolese robbery suspect has been referred to the Accra Psychiatric Hospital for a comprehensive mental evaluation after exhibiting signs of coprophagy, a condition involving the consumption of one’s own faeces. The suspect, Adinda Akpo Abdou...

Togo Repatriates High-Profile Ghanaian Robbery Suspect

The Ghana Police Service has successfully repatriated one of the country’s most wanted armed robbery suspects, Adinda Akpo Abdou Moudjibou, following his arrest and detention in Togo. The suspect, believed to be behind a series of high-profile...

Togolese Police returns fugitive robber to Ghana

Ghana’s most notorious armed robber, Adinda Akpo Abdou Moudjibou, has been arrested. The gangster was arrested in Togo through an INTERPOL Red Notice after evading arrest for over a year. According to the Director General of Police CID, DCOP Lydia...

Togo steps up training to curb animal flu outbreaks

TOGO – Togolese authorities have launched a new training initiative aimed at improving the country’s capacity to respond to avian and swine flu outbreaks. The program, which began last week in Kpalimé, brings together animal health professionals...

‘One too many’: rapper’s arrest sparks protests against Togo’s ruling dynasty

On the night last month that he and 34 other young people were arrested in the Togolese capital, Lomé, for coordinating an anti-government demonstration, Bertin Bandiangou said gendarmes beat him with ropes and slapped him. The next morning he was...

Streaming platforms making musicians poor –Socrate Safo

FILM producer Socrate Safo has reignited a debate about the Ghanaian music industry's over-reliance on streaming platforms, arguing that they have not necessarily increased our musicians' global reach or revenue. All that has happened is owners of...

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,...

Togo extradites notorious East Legon, Cantonments armed robbery suspect Moudjibou to Ghana

The Ghana Police Service has announced the extradition of notorious Accra-based armed robbery suspect Adina Akpo Abdou Moudjibou from Togo to Ghana. Speaking at a press briefing in Accra on May 17, 2025, the Director General of the Criminal...

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...

Togo Warns Students of Russian Recruitment Tactics Amid Ukraine War

A young Togolese student was lured to Russia last year by a scholarship offer. But instead of studying at a university, he was sent to the front lines of Russia’s war with Ukraine, where he was one of several Togolese nationals captured and...