Security experts have warned that armed groups across the Sahel could spread operations to coastal states like Togo.
Two coups in two years have precipitated a political crisis in Mali, where armed groups are also looking to grab power.
The West African country’s government has a long history of disputes with the teachers union.
The West African country will be the first landing of the ‘Equiano’ cable, which will run from Portugal to South Africa.
Fears grow that violence that has crippled countries such as Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger will spill over further south.
Filmmaker Ines Johnson-Spain shares her experience of growing up Black with white parents in East Germany in the 1960s.
Togo was due for political reshuffle since President Gnassingbe’s re-election but changes were delayed by COVID-19.
Incumbent leader wins 72 percent of the vote share in first round of presidential election, says electoral commission.
Polls have closed in Togo in a presidential race pitting the incumbent against six other candidates.
Incumbent took office in 2005 after death of his father who led country for 38 years after seizing power in 1967 coup.
Fuare Gnassingbe is likely to win a fourth term in Saturday’s vote with the opposition unable to form a united front.
Candidates in Togo are holding their final campaign rallies ahead of Saturday’s presidential elections.
Saturday’s vote is widely expected to return Faure Gnassingbe as president for a fourth-straight term.
Members of President Faure Gnassingbe’s family have been in power in Togo since 1967.
