Swaziland's national team coach Ephraim 'Shakes' Mashaba has described the weekend's 6-0 demolition of Sihlangu at the hands of Togo as a bitter lesson.

Swaziland are to depart from Johannesburg today for their key World Cup qualifier against Togo without striker Siza Dlamini.

For the first time in recent years, primary school students started a new school year on 6 October in Togo without paying enrolment fees. The government has waived primary school fees as part of a more than US$80 million investment in the education system.

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 country's livestock director, Komla Batawui.

Koffi Esaw, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of Togo, said that the high-level debates and discussions throughout the past week on Africa's development and the Millennium Development Goals had proven the need for immediate and effective international aid to help eradicate global poverty and help Africa achieve sustainable development. The failure of the World Trade ...

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.