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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)

Almost twenty years ago, Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, and Togo began efforts at building a common gas pipeline project that will serve the energy needs of countries in the sub-region. The construction started in 2005 amidst much expectation particularly in Ghana, where many were expecting the gas flows to result in lower electricity tariffs. (AllAfrica)

Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe stressed Thursday during a Cabinet's meeting the need for the Independent Electoral Commission and the government to do everything so that the next presidential election "be not delayed". (AllAfrica)

Jessic Nemic and Brian Dombrowski discover that neither his nor her respective milkshakes bring any the boys to the yard.

Africa will demand billions of dollars in compensation from rich polluting nations at a UN climate summit for the harm caused by global warming on the continent, African officials said Sunday. (AllAfrica)

Togo governement and the three main political parties were about to reach an agreement on the name of the future chairman of the Independant National Electoral Commission (CENI), but «they failed to do so», said friday Pascal Bodjona (photo), minister for Territorial Administration and Spokesman of the government. (AllAfrica)

VATICAN CITY, OCT. 11, 2009 .- Here are the English-language summaries provided by the Vatican press office of the interventions given by auditors Saturday at the Tenth General Congregation of the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops.

When the various groups for the ongoing eliminatory series of the Angola 2010 Africa nation's cup and the South Africa 2010 World Cup were made known earlier this year, bookmakers quickly made their projections. (AllAfrica)

Victory against Gabon will have no meaning should the Lions fail to deliver against Togo. (AllAfrica)

Victory against Togo and victory for Morocco against Gabon will automatically qualify the Lions for the 2010 world Cup. (AllAfrica)

They begin training in Yaounde for the match against Togo next October 10. (AllAfrica)

Manchester City's Emmanuel Adebayor has been fined £25,000 and given a suspended two-match ban following his goal celebration against Arsenal. (AllAfrica)

Glenelg Country School junior Ben Smith spent a portion of his summer in Togo, where he established a cyber cafA© in the village of Vo Pedakondje.

Leaders representing more than 60 African and South American countries - including Togo President, Faure Gnassingbe - signed agreements at a summit here aimed at creating a new regional financial system for the two continents to gain more clout and boost development. (AllAfrica)

Corrupt practices are still a big problem along the Tema-Ouagadougou corridor within the West African sub-region, despite the overall bribery decrease of 11%, and that of Ghana by 5% in 2009, Louis Acheampong, Project Coordinator of the Social Support Foundation , has revealed at a workshop organised in Tema recently.

Then there are strange and weird holidays that really have no meaning besides the mere purpose to have an excuse to celebrate something.

About 120 Delegates from three neighbouring countries, Ghana , Burkna Faso and Togo, at the end of a three day tri-partite cross border meeting held in Tenkodogo in Burkina Faso, issued a communiqué to reinforce cross border cooperation and peaceful co-existence among their people. (AllAfrica)

About 120 Delegates from three neighbouring countries, Ghana , Burkna Faso and Togo, at the end of a three day tri-partite cross border meeting held in Tenkodogo in Burkina Faso, issued a communiqué to reinforce cross border cooperation and peaceful co-existence among their people. (AllAfrica)

A mission from the International Monetary Fund , led by Mr. Marshall Mills, visited Lome September 9-22, 2009 to conduct the third review under the government's economic program supported by an arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility 1 . The mission met with the Prime Minister, Mr.

A woman accused of smuggling West African girls to New Jersey and forcing them to work at hair-braiding salons made her victims undergo a voodoo ritual to frighten them into believing they would go insane if they escaped, a witness testified during a federal trial in Newark today.