Port of Lomé, in the capital of Togo, is increasingly becoming attractive to global powers, as Russia and the United States ...

Faure Gnassingbé may no longer be president but he still pulls the strings - and no longer has to face elections.

Ekperikpe Ekpo, minister of state for petroleum resources, says the federal government is committed to ensuring a steady gas ...

A group affiliated with Al Qaeda has killed dozens of civilians and eight soldiers so far this year in Togo, the country's ...

The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring a steady gas supply from Nigeria to Togo, Benin Republic, and Ghana in a bid to tackle energy poverty and promote economic prosperity ...

Togo has successfully raised 33 billion CFA francs on the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) regional financial ...

Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe has cemented his power by creating a new position. Political observers say Africa's other long-time rulers could replicate the move in a bid to prolong their ...

The Gnassingbe family has collectively ruled the West African country since 1967, and many Togolese want change.

Togo has seen years of resistance to the Gnassingbe family's rule. The president was first elected in 2005 to succeed his father, Gnassingbe Eyadema, who took office in a coup in 1967.

The citizens of Togo, a country of roughly eight million people between Ghana to the west and Benin to the east, have lived for more than 50 years under a brutal dictatorship.

Famed for delivering life-saving medicine across the Alaskan wilderness in 1925, Togo, a lead sled dog, wound up in Maine. A statue to honor him at Poland Spring is in the works.

Since anti-government protests started last year targeting Togo's president, whose family has ruled for more than 50 years, hundreds have been detained by military and police. Many describe being ...