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Togolese artists staged an open concert on Friday evening in the capital Lome to mark Universal Children's Day and the 20th anniversary of the UN convention on the rights of children.

Togolese artists perform during the opening ceremony of the seventh Lome International Expo in Lome, capital of Togo, Nov.

The two main parties of the parliamentary opposition threaten not to participate in the election next February if the election does not take place in two rounds. (AllAfrica)

On Wednesday a new school was inaugurated in Agou . Built on the site of the ancient college, it consists of two buildings which restoration has cost 16 million CFA francs offered by the Head of State. The school welcomes 34 students from Agbético and Agou Nyogbo. (AllAfrica)

A UN summit on food security vowed in a final declaration Monday to take "urgent action" to eliminate hunger affecting more than one billion people around the world. (AllAfrica)

The UN food agency is to host a summit next week to address the "enormous tragedy" of world hunger, Director-General Jacques Diouf said Saturday. (AllAfrica)

UN Food Agency said high food prices persist in the developing world and 31 countries need emergency assistance. (AllAfrica)

Togo got its ticket for the Africa Cup of Nations Angola 2010 Saturday in Lome after beating Gabon 1-0. Floyd Ayite scored the only goal at the 72nd minute. Togo will play the CAN for the 7th time since 1972. (AllAfrica)

China and Togo on Friday agreed to work together to upgrade the relations between the two militaries. "We value the ties with the Togolese armed forces," said Chen Bingde (photo), chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army, during the talks with his counterpart from Togo Essofa Ayeva. (AllAfrica)

This match was yet another of this weekend's decisive encounters which would be linked with either Gabon or Cameroon booking their tickets for South Africa. (AllAfrica)

'The Catholic Church in Togo was begun on August 28, 1892, when the first Mass was celebrated in our land,' Agenzia Fides was told by Fr.

Togo supports the France-initiated celebration in 2010 to mark the 50th anniversary for Africa's independence, visiting French former minister Jacques Toubon said here on Friday.

I am Tovor Djatougbe Benedicta and 13 years old. I live in Togoville, 40 kilometers off Lome, capital of Togo, and study at a junior high school.

Togolese politicians and sports authorities have asked all compatriots to mobilise around the Togo national football team, the Sparrow hawks, to beat Gabon this weekend and win a place for the next African Cup of Nations plan ned in 2010 in Angola.â-¨â-¨ (AllAfrica)

ECOBANK has been named the African bank of the year 2009. (AllAfrica)

D.C. Police and Secret Service officers are investigating a stabbing that happened at the Republic of Togo's embassy on Massachusetts Avenue.

Cen-Sad's Secretary General, Mohamed Almadani Alazhari, met Tuesday with Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe in Lome. (AllAfrica)

The Sparrow hawks of Togo are to meet Gabon's national football team on November 14th in Lome for a decisive match which might open them the doors for the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN-2010) due to take place in Angola. (AllAfrica)

Africa aviation too dangerous: aviation officials Official says Africa accounts for 4 per cent of world's air traffic but nearly a third of air disasters occur on the continent LOME, Togo - The Associated Press Published on Friday, Nov.

Students from the Confucius Institute at the University of Lome on Thursday went to the Chinese Embassy in Togo to visit the photo exhibition on achievements since the Beijing summit on Sino-African cooperation.

The Ecowas Bank of Investment and Development, EBID, granted a complementary loan of 1.5 billion CFA F to the Lome Port (PAL) during its 26th session of Board of Directors on Wednesday in Lome (Togo). (AllAfrica)

A photo exhibition was opened on Wednesday in Lome, the capital of Togo, to demonstrate achievements in the continent since the 2006 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation .

The former president of the Central African Republic, Ange-Félix Patassé, exiled in Togo since 2003, is set to return to the CAR today with the intention of standing in the next presidential elections slated for 2010. (AllAfrica)

Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe on Friday sent a special message to President John Evans Atta Mills in Accra. (AllAfrica)

Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe on Friday sent a special message to President John Evans Atta Mills in Accra. (AllAfrica)

Unknown gunmen attacked Thursday the Adidogome Togo Cellulaire office in Lome, killing two soldiers. (AllAfrica)

Foreign affairs minister Sam Kutesa, AU commissioner Ping Jean and AU executive council chairperson Hawa Zainab Bangura during the refugee meeting at Munyonyo By Cyprian Musoke and Milton Olupot SIX heads of state are expected to jet into the country today to attend a summit on refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons opening tomorrow ...

Ghana's former President, Jerry John Rawlings, has called for free, fair and peaceful elections in Togo, saying the international community and the civil society organizations should support the West African state to achieve that feat Rawlings, however, said he had confidence in the ability of President Faure Gnassingbe to organize credible elections because of the assurances he had received from him every time they met. (AllAfrica)

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has called on the international community and civil society organisations to support Togo to organise free, fair and peaceful elections. (AllAfrica)

West African leaders, including Togo President Faure Gnassingbe, are to meet in emergency session on Saturday to chart a way out of the crisis in Guinea that experts warn if unchecked could erupt into a civil war and destabilise the region. (AllAfrica)

The Customs Excise and Preventive Service (CEPS) has said it was collaborating with other security agencies to stop cocoa smuggling from the Eastern Region through the Volta Region to Togo. (AllAfrica)