Togo’s government closed the University of Lomé indefinitely on Friday after a students' protest ended with teargas being fired by the security forces.
Three hostages from France, Madagascar and Togo held captive by an Al-Qaeda offshoot in Niger since September have been released, a security source said Friday.
West African military chiefs have set in motion plans to oust Côte d’Ivoire’s Laurent Gbagbo if negotiations fail, a Nigerian defence official said Friday.
An Angolan court on Wednesday sentenced a man accused of participating in a gun attack on the Togolese football team. Joao Antonio Puati was sentenced to 24 years in prison.
Togo has extended a deadline for claims caused by political violence in the previous half-century after receiving more than 15,000 claims in four months.
French nuclear group Areva on Monday denied refusing help from the Niger government to protect its workers in the West African state, but admitted it had made security mistakes.
France suspects that seven people kidnapped while working for French companies in Niger are in the hands of Al-Qaeda and are now being taken to a remote part of Mali, according to Foreign Minister ...
