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Togolese citizens willing to travel to Morocco no longer need visa per reciprocity deal signed in July, foreign ministry of the West African country has announced. In a circular issued Friday, the ministry said Togolese holding ordinary passports from September 09 can travel to the kingdom without visa and added that the reciprocity deal signed […]
Togolese parliament Tuesday extended for additional six months the state of emergency imposed by the administration of President Faure Gnassingbé in the Savannah region, near the border with Burkina Faso, as part of efforts to curtail activities of terror groups that have staged several attacks which caused death in the ranks of the army. The […]
Togo’s Minister of Security and Civil Protection Yark Damehane Monday indicated that the West African country will increase control on roads as part of efforts to curtail road accidents. Damehane and his counterpart of the ministry of transport Affoh Atcha-Dédji presented the report on road accidents during the first half of the year. The report […]
Malian authorities have freed 3 Ivory soldiers in the form of a humanitarian gesture. 49 Ivorian soldiers were arrested in Mali on the 10th July over a plot to destabilize the country. Togo made the announcement last Saturday as Robert Dussey, Togo’s top diplomat held a joint press conference with Abdoulaye Diop, Mali’s top diplomat […]
Asky, a panafrican airline operating from the Togolese capital Lome, added a Boeing 737 to its fleet bringing its fleet to 12 aircrafts. “This modern aircraft will be used to improve connectivity, increase frequencies and open new routes throughout the region,” the airline said in a statement. The company, aged 12 and has Ethiopian Airways […]
Togo’s Minister for Investment, Rose Kayi Mivedor, unveiled Tuesday Yearbook Togo 2022-2023, an economic report presenting the country’s economic potential, as a tool to lure Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). “The Yearbook Togo 2022-2023 was published with the aim of making economic data accessible and providing an overview of achievements – completed and in progress – […]
Togo and South Africa are mulling several cooperation in areas of security at the time the West African country is reeling against terrorism in the northern region at the border with Burkina Faso. The Togolese Defense Minister Gnakade E. Marguerite held talks last week in Lome with Robina P. Marks, the South African ambassador to […]
African health ministers attending the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 72nd Regional Committee for Africa — a top annual health gathering in the region — in Togo’s capital Lome have approved an eight-year strategy aimed at curbing disease and responding quickly to health emergencies. After a week of discussions about some of Africa’s most pressing health […]
Morocco and Togo have decided to abolish visa requirements for their respective nationals, holders of ordinary passports. An agreement on the visa waiver for the benefit of the Moroccans and the Togolese was signed Thursday in Dakhla following the inauguration of Togo’s Consulate General in the Saharan city. The agreement was initialed by the Togolese […]
Togo joined a list of over 24 countries that have opened a consulate in Laayoune or Dakhla in southern Morocco, reflecting their support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and marking their firm support for the sovereignty of Morocco over its Sahara. The inauguration ceremony, in Dakhla, was chaired by the Togolese and Moroccan Foreign Ministers, Robert […]