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Three thousand illiterate Sierra Leonean farmers from southern Bo, Eastern Kenema and Kono districts have been scheduled for 18 months basic literacy and numeric training programme. via Panapress

The signing of an agreemen t between the Agency for Air N avigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar and the Senegalese authoritie s on the transfer of the management of ASECNA's national airports to Senegal ... via Panapress

Nine nominees to serve as U.S. ambassadors in Africa appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday for confirmation. (AllAfrica)

The European Union (EU) has agreed to give the Togolese government an amount of euros 123 million (about US$197 million) with the framework of the so-called Country Strategy Paper (CSP) and National Indicative Program (NIP), official sources have said. (AllAfrica)

The President of the African Development Bank Group , Donald Kaberuka, announced on Friday in Tunis that the Bank Group would add US $ 1 billion to its agriculture portfolio, raised to US$ 4.8 billion, as part ... via Panapress

A pictorial exhibition portraying the rich art deco of the capital, Asmara, opened on April 23 in Lome, the capital of the West African State of Togo. (AllAfrica)

T HE proposed merger between Ecobank Nigeria Plc and Sterling Bank Nigeria Limited may have been discontinued as the two institutions did not foreclose re-opening of talks in future, on business combination ... via Guardian Newspapers

President Faure Ezzozimna Gnassingbe of Togo at the weekend conferred his country's highest honour, "The Commander of the Order of Mono," on two Ghanaian officials for their commitment to the deepening of bilateral relations. (AllAfrica)

Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Fr Jacques Danka Longa, rector of the John Paul II Major Seminary in Lome, as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Kara. (AllAfrica)

The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on April 23, 2008, appointed Fr. Jacques Danka Longa of the clergy of the Diocese of Kara , Rector of the John Paul II Major Seminary , as Coadjutor Bishop of the same diocese. via Fides News

"We are going through a very serious crisis and we are going to see lots of food strikes and demonstrations"

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, second from left, hosts a meeting of food producers, retailers and consumers to deal with the growing world food crisis, at 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, April 22, ... via Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

A two-day United Nations conference seeking to help West and Central African nations bolster their abilities to identify and trace illicit small arms and light weapons kicks off tomorrow in Lome, Togo. via United Nations

"Why Mugabe snubbed SADC meeting"

A meeting aimed at redirecting the New Partnership for A frica's Development was held on Tuesday in Dakar attended by presidents A bdoulaye of Senegal, Thabo Mbeki of South Africa and Abdelaziz Bouteflika of ... via Panapress

The Africa Development Bank (ADB) has written off Togo's debt owed the Bank estimated at more than 10 billion FCFA. A memorandum of Understanding was signed on Monday at the Tunis-based ADB headquarters by the Togolese Minister of Economy and Finance, Adji Otteth Ayassor and the ADB vice-chairman, Joseph Eichemberger. (AllAfrica)

A l'occasion de l'indépendance du Togo le 27 avril prochain, la « Plate forme des associations togolaises en Grande Bretagne » organise une journée de fête. Sport, conférences et musique sont au programme. Coup d'envoi dans la matinée avec un match de football, suivi d'une intervention d'Yves Ekoue Amaizo sur le thème « Comment la diaspora togolaise peut contribuer au développement du Togo ». (AllAfrica)

So I met Robert Mugabe just once, at Lancaster House, at the independence talks presided over by Sir Christopher Soames. via Newswatch

Written On M.S. Prinsendam After Departing Lome, Togo-- Togo, a small strip of a country neighboring Ghana, is not nearly as prosperous as Ghana. via Take Back the Times

The African Union, or AU, is a pan-African organisation whose goal is to propel a united continent towards peace and prosperity. via BBC

M ANY years ago I was driving across the highlands of Lesotho in thick mist and at dusk, on a grass road marked only by tyre tracks, on my way to a small Anglican hospital. via Guardian Newspapers

A group of 176 men, women and children are the first Togolese refugees to return home from Ghana by road convoy with the assistance of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). (AllAfrica)

Camps in Benin housing Togolese refugees who fled election-related violence two years ago will close in June. (AllAfrica)

More than 100 Togolese have begun lodging complaints with the judiciary so it will investigate violence surrounding presidential elections two years ago that left hundreds dead and triggered the exodus of some 40,000 people to neighbouring Ghana and Benin. (AllAfrica)

Règle d'or, a local nongovernmental organisation (NGO) in Benin, is taking awareness messages to thousands of Togolese nationals who fled their country when the presidential elections erupted in violence last year. (AllAfrica)

Opposition leaders want conditions that will allow Togolese vote without fear. (AllAfrica)

After consistently emphasising condoms in their prevention campaigns, organisations in Togo are advocating abstinence, creating confusion among young people. (AllAfrica)

The former commander of Gisenyi military region (northern Rwanda) who is on trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Lieutenant-Colonel Anatole Nsengiyumva, on Monday called as a witness a Togolese officer who in 1994 served with the United Nations Assistance Mission to Rwanda (UNAMIR). (AllAfrica)

West Africa, the world's poorest region, chalked up successes in 2005, with war-battered Liberia and Sierra Leone edging closer to lasting peace. But perennial problems such as corruption and unemployment could still scupper progress, and elsewhere in the region prospects remained bleak. (AllAfrica)

Nearly five months after election violence in Togo, thousands of opposition supporters remain exiled in Benin and Ghana, making life difficult for the dependents they left behind. (AllAfrica)

With the number of Togolese fleeing post-election instability to neighbouring countries now passing the 40,000 mark, the United Nations refugee agency today appealed to the international community to urgently make up a $1.45 million shortfall in funding. (AllAfrica)

Frightened citizens are continuing to stream into the offices of the Togo Human Rights League (LTDH) to complain of political persecution, despite government assurances that it is now safe for people who fled the country in recent weeks to return home, a leader of the rights group said. (AllAfrica)

As the aftershocks of recent political turmoil and violence in Togo continue to be felt, the United Nations World Food Programme today appealed for just US$3 million to ensure 66,500 people forced from their homes do not go hungry in the months ahead. (AllAfrica)