Lome, Togo News

Hello from Togo! Just to orient you, Togo is the country which won its first ever Olympic medal, in of all things, kayaking! It created quite a stir! This West African country is one of the continent's ...

Casey Bair plays Happy, Bill Clemente plays Willy and H.D. Southerland plays Biff in the College of Marin's "Death of a Salesman," showing through Oct.

The first wave of no-fee primary students line up for the 2008-09 school year at Ahanoucope primary school in Lome LOME, 6 October 2008 - For the first time in recent years, primary school students started a ...

LOME, 30 September 2008 - Some 17,000 birds died or have been culled since the outbreak of the H5N1 avian flu virus on 9 September on three poultry farms in Agbata, located 10km east of Lome, according to the ...

LOME, 26 September 2008 - Almost 23,000 people responded to a UN-funded survey that is the first step in establishing what will be the country's first truth and reconciliation commission.

"How Kenya Airways pilot saved a Turkish plane from crashing Written by Aviation Herald and John Kamau Image Capt Verjee: "I thought, it was a little weird to hear such a conversation between two flights on an ...

ANI ANI ANI Voodooism may be the mantra to banish your day-to-day demons! Aussies have come up with a unique way to fight their day-to-day demons - voodoo.

WHO DOO: A voodoo practitioner dances during a ceremony in West Africa. Tourism officials say visitors to African countries are increasingly turning to voodoo - even if they sometimes won't admit it - as a way ...

A mission from the International Monetary Fund , led by Mr. Christian Mumssen, visited Lome during August 27-September 9, 2008 to conduct the first review of the government's economic and financial program ...

The African Development Bank Group is to support the Wes t African Monetary Zone payment system development project with a grant o f US$23 million from the African Development Fund .

Togo's government has confirmed the H5N1 bird flu virus is responsible for the 10 September outbreak that killed 3,500 birds and led to the culling of an additional 1,500 others on three farms in Agbata, about ...

Elements of African-American and Jewish-American experiences are blended into Oberlin College's "Death of a Salesman." From left: Petronia Paley , Justin Emeka , Avery Brooks and Darryle Johnson .

In a Sept. 15 story about tests confirming the presence of the H5N1 strain of bird flu virus at a poultry farm outside Lome, The Associated Press reported erroneously that this was the first outbreak of bird ...

Investors on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange Friday placed 12.8 billion naira on 507.56 million shares in 7,295 deals.

A strike by workers at Namibia's state-owned rail and road utility, TransNamib, spilled into its seventh day Tuesday after workers de f ied a government and management directive to return to work.

An outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed in the West African nation of Togo for the first time since last year, the Health Ministry said Tuesday.

The Togolese Red Cross, with support from the International Committee of the Red Cross , today began distributing essential household items to 10,000 isolated victims of the recent floods.

The virus was detected at a poultry farm housing more than 4,500 birds in the village of Agbata outside the capital, Lome, said a ministry statement read over state television.

Togo's president has named a U.N. diplomat as prime minister. The appointment fills the vacancy created when Komla Mally resigned from the post Friday after less than one year in office.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held meetings yesterday with terrorism-fighting allies in North Africa, a region of growing strategic importance.