LOME, Togo (AP) — Togolese voters went to the polls on Thursday in municipal elections seen as a test for the country’s leader Faure Gnassingbé, who has faced rare and deadly protests after a ...

Faure Gnassingbé may no longer be president but he still pulls the strings - and no longer has to face elections.

Located on the West African coast, Togo is bordered by Ghana, Benin, and Burkina Faso, and is home to approximately 8.5 million people. Poverty rates are significantly higher in rural areas (58.8%) ...

Togo, a nation of around 8 million people, has been ruled by same family for 57 years, initially by Eyadema Gnassingbe and subsequently by his son.

Togo, which ranked at the very bottom of the 2015 World Happiness Report, comes in this year as the "biggest gainer," the report says. That means Togo is the country with the most-improved level ...

Togo’s growth performance over the past decade has been robust, but more needs to be done to keep the growth momentum and make it more inclusive. Togo's economic prospects depend on its ability to ...

Nairobi, Kenya The government of the small West African country of Togo has closed the University of Lomé indefinitely following violent clashes between students and the police over unpaid ...

Togo Opposition FILE - Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe waves before a working lunch at the Elysee Palace in Paris on April 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, File) ...