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Togo is a narrow West African country bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east, Burkina Faso to the north, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south. The capital and largest city is Lomé, a major port and commercial centre located on the Atlantic coast. With a population of about eight-million people, Togo has a diverse economy based on agriculture, phosphate mining, and regional trade. Key agricultural exports include cocoa, coffee, cotton and cashew nuts, while phosphate deposits represent the country's most significant mineral resource and a major source of export revenue. The currency is the West African CFA franc, shared with seven other members of the West African Economic and Monetary Union. Togo operates as a presidential republic and is a member of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) and the African Union. The country's strategic location and deep-water port at Lomé position it as an important transit hub for landlocked neighbours, particularly Burkina Faso and Niger. Togo's economy remains heavily dependent on subsistence agriculture, which employs a majority of the workforce, while the government has pursued reforms to improve the business climate and attract foreign investment. The nation gained independence from France in 1960 and experienced decades of authoritarian rule before transitioning toward multiparty democracy in the early twenty-first century.

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JNIM blockades threaten West African trade corridors as Togo among affected routes

Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin's intensifying blockades in Mali are disrupting vital trade corridors connecting coastal ports to Sahelian capitals, with routes through Togo, Benin, Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire at risk. The Dakar-Bamako corridor has seen about 4 000 empty containers stranded in Bamako by February 2026, with truck drivers too afraid to return to Dakar, while Senegal lost an estimated 15-billion FCFA a month between September and November 2025.

Dangote refinery exports gasoline to Togo amid Middle East supply disruptions

Nigeria's Dangote Petroleum Refinery has stepped up clean petroleum product exports across Africa, with shipments to other African countries climbing to about 90 000 barrels a day in March 2026 from 38 000 bpd previously. The 650 000 barrel-per-day refinery has sold 12 cargoes of premium motor spirit totalling 456 000 t to international traders, with deliveries to Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Tanzania and Ghana as disruptions to energy flows from the Iran conflict squeeze traditional fuel supply routes.

Togo among countries making progress on neglected tropical disease elimination

Togo has eliminated four neglected tropical diseases, joining Benin and Ghana in leading African efforts to tackle infections such as river blindness and elephantiasis, but the withdrawal of US funding for global health initiatives threatens to reverse progress. The World Health Organisation reports that 47 mass treatment campaigns involving 143-million people have been delayed following the pullback, with official development assistance for neglected tropical diseases falling by about 41% between 2018 and 2023.

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Dangote oil refiney
Middle East shock gives Nigeria's Dangote leverage as cheap imports dry up
23rd March 2026 By: Reuters

Nigeria's Dangote Petroleum Refinery has stepped up gasoline exports across Africa as disruptions to energy flows due to the Iran conflict squeeze traditional fuel supply routes, curbing the cheap... 


Biblical diseases’ silent return
13th February 2026 By: Martin Zhuwakinyu

It has been about a year since the US, traditionally the largest donor to global health initiatives, ended funding for thousands of programmes aimed at fighting infectious diseases and providing... 


B20 South Africa: GE Vernova advances global energy security and affordability; supports historic West African grid synchronization
B20 South Africa: GE Vernova advances global energy security and affordability; supports historic West African grid synchronization
20th November 2025

 GE Vernova, Inc. (NYSE: GEV) is participating at B20 South Africa as part of the Energy Mix & Just Transition Task Force to help advance practical solutions that scale up more affordable,... 


A DHL facility
DHL Group commits over €300 m to accelerate African trade growth
15th October 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Multinational logistics company DHL Group on October 15 announced an over €300-million planned investment in sub-Saharan Africa. The announcement was made during the DHL Group's ‘Global Trade... 


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