2010-09-03
Rwandan Referees to Handle Botswana Vs Togo CAN Qualifier
THE Confederation of African Cup has named three Rwandan referees to handle Group K Africa Nations Cup qualifier between Botswana and Togo due in Windhoek on Saturday.2010-09-01
President Files More Defamation Suits
Togo's President, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé on August 30, 2010 filed three more defamation suits against two privately-owned newspapers. 2010-09-02
Newspaper Suspended for Exposing President's Brother's Crimes
A Togolese court has indefinitely suspended the distribution of a Benin newspaper after crippling it with a defamation charge and heavy fines for publishing an article linking Togolese President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé's brother with drug trafficking, report the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF). 2010-08-26
Photographer Beaten Up By Gendarmes
Reporters Without Borders condemns the use of violence by gendarmes to detain newspaper photographer Didier Ledoux today outside the main Lomé lawcourts, where defamation actions were being heard against two newspapers. The incident came just two weeks after a French military adviser, Lt. Col. Romuald Letondot, threatened Ledoux during a demonstration. 2010-08-26
Newspaper Banned for Allegedly Defaming President's Brother
The Lomé Magistrate Court on August 25, 2010 indefinitely banned Tribune d'Afrique, a privately-owned bi-monthly newspaper, for defaming Mey Gnassingbé, a brother of Togolese President, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé. 2010-08-27
Togo Withdraws From Sierra Stars Clash
The national Under-17 team, Sierra Stars has progressed to the next stage of the Orange Championship without kicking a ball after their Togolese opponents announced their withdrawal from the tournament. 2010-08-26
Tribune d'Afrique Ordered to Pay 63 m for Defamation
A Togolese court ordered Wednesday the regional magazine Tribune d'Afrique to pay more than FCFA 63m in damages to a half brother of Faure Gnassingbe for defamation. 2010-08-26
Ujit Condemns Threats to Journalists
The Union of Independent Journalists of Togo (UJIT) in a statement to the Togolese authorities demanded protection of its members to enable them carry out their legitimate duties without fear or intimidation. 2010-08-23
President Gnassingbé Sues Newspaper Over Defamation
The Lomé Magistrate Court will on August 25, 2010 hear a suit brought by President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé against privately-owned weekly L'Indépendant Express, over articles the newspaper published recently that the President deems insulting and defamatory. 2010-08-19
Manya Andrews, "The Condoms Had the Thickness and Sensitivity of a Tyre"
Manya Andrews is a health communications consultant and former head of the international reproductive health organization, Populations Services International, in Togo. At a recent conference on HIV and couples, she spoke to IRIN/PlusNews about how she and her team had to rethink what they knew about sex to kick-start Togo's male condom distribution campaign. 2010-08-16
International Journalists Condemn Intimidation
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) denounced today the frequent threats and intimidations against the journalists in Togo. 2010-08-13
Gilchrist Olympio Reelected as Head of Opposing Party Faction
One faction of Togo's former opposition party, Union of Forces of Change, has reelected Gilchrist Olympio as its leader during a congress in Lomé. The party split after Olympio joined the government. 2010-08-12
French Officer Apologises to Togo Journalist After Video Outrage
A video of a French army officer threatening a local journalist in Togo has led to accusations that colonial attitudes are not dead yet. Lieutenant-Colonel Romuald Létondot has been forced to apologise after being caught on camera intimidating photographer Didier Ledoux at a demonstration in Lomé on Tuesday. 2010-08-11
Main Opposition Party UFG Faction Hooligans, Says Minister
A Togolese minister has called opposition members "hooligans" and defended the government's decision to send in steel-helmeted anti-riot gendarmes to prevent a meeting of a faction of Togo's main opposition party, the Union of Forces for Change (UFC) on Tuesday. 2010-08-13
Togo - Adebayour Gives Conditions
Emmanuel Adebayor could play for Togo again if the country's football bosses meet certain conditions. 2010-08-11
State of The Media - 2009
Togo is a small country of 36,500 square kilometres in West Africa with a population of about 6 million inhabitants. It is bordered to the north by Burkina Faso, to the west by Ghana, to the east by Benin and in the south by the Atlantic Ocean. Independent from April 27, 1960, after German, English then French colonisation, its political life was marked by the assassination, on January 13, 1963, of the first elected president, the "Father of Independence", Sylvanus Olympio, by a group of soldiers led by Gnassingbé Eyadéma. 2010-07-29
Activist Attends Forum With Young African Leaders
A young community activist in Togo, Koffi Amegbo Nomedji, believes that his participation in President Obama's Forum with Young African Leaders in Washington August 3-5 will spur his work in developing his homeland. 2010-07-30
Lome hosts 3rd African music festival
The third edition of the international African music festival, dubbed "Africarythmes", will begin 5 August in the Togolese capital, Lome, with several artists from the continent, including Lokoua Kanza from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).â-¨â-¨ |
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