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West African regional bloc ECOWAS Saturday banned the transfer of arms by the 15 member states except for legitimate defence, security and peacekeeping operations, a senior official said.
The two main parties of the parliamentary opposition threaten not to participate in the election next February if the election does not take place in two rounds.
On Wednesday a new school was inaugurated in Agou . Built on the site of the ancient college, it consists of two buildings which restoration has cost 16 million CFA francs offered by the Head of State. The school welcomes 34 students from Agbético and Agou Nyogbo.
A UN summit on food security vowed in a final declaration Monday to take "urgent action" to eliminate hunger affecting more than one billion people around the world.
The UN food agency is to host a summit next week to address the "enormous tragedy" of world hunger, Director-General Jacques Diouf said Saturday.
UN Food Agency said high food prices persist in the developing world and 31 countries need emergency assistance.
Togo got its ticket for the Africa Cup of Nations Angola 2010 Saturday in Lome after beating Gabon 1-0. Floyd Ayite scored the only goal at the 72nd minute. Togo will play the CAN for the 7th time since 1972.
China and Togo on Friday agreed to work together to upgrade the relations between the two militaries. "We value the ties with the Togolese armed forces," said Chen Bingde (photo), chief of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army, during the talks with his counterpart from Togo Essofa Ayeva.
This match was yet another of this weekend's decisive encounters which would be linked with either Gabon or Cameroon booking their tickets for South Africa.
Togolese politicians and sports authorities have asked all compatriots to mobilise around the Togo national football team, the Sparrow hawks, to beat Gabon this weekend and win a place for the next African Cup of Nations plan ned in 2010 in Angola.â-¨â-¨
ECOBANK has been named the African bank of the year 2009.
Cen-Sad's Secretary General, Mohamed Almadani Alazhari, met Tuesday with Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe in Lome.
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