The Togolese Sports Federation has suspended an assistant coach of Togo's soccer team for three years after he took a fake team masquerading as the national side to play a match in Bahrain that ended 3-0 against the West African tiny country. The match took place on September 7.
The Lomé Magistrate Court has indefinitely banned Tribune d'Afrique, a privately-owned bi-monthly newspaper, for defaming Mey Gnassingbé, a brother of Togolese President, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé.
A French soldier has been condemned by France top officials for berating a local Togolese journalist. Lt Col Romuald Letondot was filmed ordering photographer Didier Ledoux to delete images from his camera during a protest in Togo's capital Lome.
A veteran opposition leader in Togo, Gilchrist Olympio, has agreed to join a power-sharing deal with the government. He said his party will get eight ministerial posts in the coalition. But some members of his party - such as the former presidential candidate, Jean-Pierre Fabre - disagreed with the move.
