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Togo

French billionaire Bollore to stand trial on corruption charges regarding Guinea and Togo

FILE PHOTO: French billionaire Vincent Bollore, who controls media and advertising group Vivendi, poses before a hearing of the French parliament's commission of inquiry into the allocation, content and control of authorisations for national television services on digital terrestrial television at the National Assembly in Paris, France, March 13, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/ File Photo
FILE PHOTO: French billionaire Vincent Bollore, who controls media and advertising group Vivendi, poses before a hearing of the French parliament's commission of inquiry into the allocation, content and control of authorisations for national television services on digital terrestrial television at the National Assembly in Paris, France, March 13, 2024. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/ File Photo

Togo expels ex-Burkina Faso leader after coup plot claim, sources say

FILE PHOTO: Burkina Faso President Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba is welcomed by soldiers in Dori, Sahel region as he arrives to motivate his troops, after armed men killed civilians and militaries in Seytenga, at an airport in Dori, Burkina Faso June 15, 2022. Burkina Faso's Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Burkina Faso President Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba is welcomed by soldiers in Dori, Sahel region as he arrives to motivate his troops, after armed men killed civilians and militaries in Seytenga, at an airport in Dori, Burkina Faso June 15, 2022. Burkina Faso's Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Alleged leader of foiled Benin coup has sought refuge in Togo, Benin says

Traffic moves along a road, a day after the country's armed forces thwarted the attempted coup against the government of Benin's President Patrice Talon, in Cotonou, Benin, on December 8, 2025. REUTERS/Charles Placide Tossou
Traffic moves along a road, a day after the country's armed forces thwarted the attempted coup against the government of Benin's President Patrice Talon, in Cotonou, Benin, on December 8, 2025. REUTERS/Charles Placide Tossou

US, African Union attend second oversight committee meeting for Congo-Rwanda peace deal

Al Qaeda affiliate has killed dozens of civilians in Togo this year, minister says

FILE PHOTO: Togo's Minister of Foreign Affairs Robert Dussey addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2023.  REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Togo's Minister of Foreign Affairs Robert Dussey addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2023.  REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

Togo soldiers break up protests against longtime leader

Makeshift barricades burn as people protest against Togo's longtime leader, Faure Gnassingbe, in Lome, Togo June 26, 2025.REUTERS/ Alice Lawson
Makeshift barricades burn as people protest against Togo's longtime leader, Faure Gnassingbe, in Lome, Togo June 26, 2025.REUTERS/ Alice Lawson

Togo suspends RFI and France 24 for three months, communications authority says

FILE PHOTO: Togo's President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe attends a session during the United Nations climate change conference COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Togo's President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe attends a session during the United Nations climate change conference COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan November 13, 2024. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo

Togo leader gets new role without term limits, opposition calls it a coup

FILE PHOTO: Togo's President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe walks to address the 79th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2024.  REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Togo's President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe walks to address the 79th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2024.  REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

Benin says Al Qaeda affiliate attack killed 54 soldiers last week

Al Qaeda affiliate says it killed 70 soldiers in Benin, SITE reports

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.