Over 7,000 gather for Ghana Adventist unions women’s ministries prayer conference

The Legon campus of the University of Ghana played host to over 7,000 women from the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Ghana and beyond for a prayer conference themed “Fill My Cup, Lord: Set Free and Send”. The conference, which took place from...

Togo Launches Review of AfCFTA Strategy to Boost Trade Benefits

(Togo First) - Togo began revising its national strategy for implementing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on October 6. The Ministry of Trade, Handicrafts, and Local Consumption organized a three-day workshop in Lomé to update the...

Togolese authorities want to sanction online dissenting voices

Togo’s State Prosecutor, Talaka Mawama at the press briefing in Lome on Friday, October 3 Faced with recurrent online calls for demonstrations by dissenting voices to demand better living conditions and the resignation of Faure Gnassingbé,...

Social media under scrutiny in Togo as authorities issue tough warning

Togo’s public prosecutor, Talaka Mawama, has reignited political debate after issuing stern warnings about what he described as “abuses and deviations” on social media and other digital platforms. During a press briefing in Lomé on October 3, he...

Togo’s Catholic Bishops Call for Renewed Prayers “without ceasing” for Nation During Rosary Month

In the statement that their president, Bishop Benoît Alowonou of Kpalimé Diocese, signed, the Catholic Church leaders further say, “October, the month of the Rosary, opens before us as an urgent call to rekindle our faith and our life of prayer...

"Before that, he was doing any job, minimum wage" - Felix Auger-Aliassime reveals how his immigrant father survived in Canada due to tennis

Felix Auger-Aliassime spoke about his father's humble beginnings, how he discovered tennis as his passion, and how he later instilled that love in his children. The Canadian player trounced Alejandro Tabilo in the Shanghai Masters opening round...

Togo: Who is Benjamin Neumann, the New Head of AFD in Lomé?

The French Development Agency (AFD) manages a portfolio of over €300 million in Togo, with annual commitments of €40–50 million. Benjamin Neumann, with 15 years of experience in fragile regions such as the Sahel, took charge of the Lomé office in...

Cultural Legacy: Luebat al-Sitt Reflects Egypt’s Golden Cinema Era

In an era of cultural polarization across the Middle East, a vintage Egyptian film emerges as an unlikely symbol of what the region has lost—and what it desperately seeks to reclaim. The Golden Age That Was Luebat al-Sitt, a classic from Egypt’s...

Gen Z takes action against corruption

Around the world, Gen Z is leading a wave of anti-government protests. It is the most significant spike in global dissent since the Arab Spring 15 years ago, with a geographic reach already to four continents. Though the proximate cause of...

Togo-Benin Launch $5 Million Sustainable Development Strategy for Mono River Basin

Togo and Benin approved three instruments for the Mono River Basin: a monitoring system, a coordination mechanism, and a Gender Strategy 2025-2030. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) funds the $5 million IREE-Mono project over 48 months....

Nigerian Father Deported from US Left Stranded in Togo After Ghana Transfer

A Nigerian father deported from the United States has told the BBC he is stranded in Lomé, the capital of Togo, after Ghanaian authorities secretly transferred him and five others across the border. The man, who requested anonymity, said he was...

Catholic Charity Receives Request to Keep Hundreds of Children Fleeing from Burkina Faso’s Volatile Areas in School

“The army,” he says, “has endeavoured to make an area safe so that the population which has remained can cultivate some plots of ground in Kompienga. That has helped a lot this year, because since 2022 that has been impossible.” The F.M.R member...

Lomé Hosts Inaugural Tourism Week to Promote Local Sites and Culture

(Togo First) - • Togo launched its first National Tourism Week (Sept. 29–Oct. 3, 2025) to promote domestic tourism and cultural heritage. • The country recorded CFA49.9 billion in tourism revenues from WAEMU travelers in 2023, according to the...

Nigerian among US deportees stranded in Togo after ‘secret transfer’ from Ghana

A Nigerian man, who was among West African migrants deported from the United States to Ghana, says he has been left stranded in a hotel in Togo. In a Wednesday report, the man, who craved anonymity, said Ghanaian authorities secretly transferred...

A Unique Beat

“People started dancing, the musicians were happy and that’s when we knew: We got something.” That’s how Serge Massama Dogo, also known as Dogo du Togo, describes the moment during a underwhelming recording session when the band he was leading...

From US detention to a Togo hotel: Nigerian deportee says he’s been abandoned

A Nigerian man deported from the United States has told the BBC that he is now stranded in a hotel in Lomé, Togo, after Ghanaian immigration officers allegedly smuggled him and five others across the border. He was among a group of 14 deportees...

Nigerian US deportee accuses Ghana of 'dumping' him, five others in Togo

One of the many African deportees from the United States who were received by Ghana to be sent back to their home countries has claimed that they have been abandoned in Togo. According to a report by the BBC on October 1, 2025, the US deportee,...

Nigerian deported from US alleges Ghana dumped him, others in Togo

A Nigerian man deported from the United States has claimed that he and five other West African nationals were secretly transferred from Ghana to Togo, where they now remain stranded. The man, who requested anonymity for safety reasons, according...

Nigerian Man Deported From US Cries Out, Says Ghanaian Authorities Secretly ‘Dumped’ Him, Others In Togo

A Nigerian man deported from the United States has raised the alarm after alleging that Ghanaian immigration officials forcibly moved him and five others across the border and abandoned them in Togo. According to a BBC report on Wednesday, the...

Faith, floods, and a miracle: Rodriguezes return from Togo

GRANGEVILLE — Joe and Kitty Rodriguez, longtime residents of Grangeville, returned in July to their large family, their house, and many friends after two years in Lomé, Togo. Devotion to their faith led the Rodriguezes to go to Togo as a Senior...