WN Network Togo Globe
Togo Globe
Search the World News Network
Advanced Search


Breaking News Sat, 28 Jan 2012
Protesters opposed to President Abdoulaye Wade running for third term in next month's elections shout slogans as they rally ahead of a decision from the country's highest court on the validity of Wade's candidature, in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012.
Abdoulaye Wade   Photos   Protests   Senegal   Wikipedia: Abdoulaye Wade		  The Star 
Protests sweep through Senegal after poll ruling
Sat 28 Jan 2012
DAKAR (Reuters) - Street protests spread through towns across Senegal overnight on Saturday after a top legal body said President Abdoulaye Wade had the right to run for a third term in elections next... (photo: AP)
Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade, waves at his supporters during a rally in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Feb. 23, 2007. Wade, who spent three decades in the country´s opposition and ran four times for president before winning in a landslide in 2000, say
Elections   Photos   Politics   Senegal   Wikipedia: Senegalese presidential election, 2012		  Dayton Daily News 
Senegal's president cleared to run for 3rd term
Sat 28 Jan 2012
DAKAR, Senegal — Senegal's highest court ruled Friday that the country's increasingly frail, 85-year-old president could run for a third term in next month's election, a deep blow to the... (photo: AP/Schalk van Zuydam)
Youssou N'Dour & Campino performing at the "Deine Stimme Gegen Armut" (Your Voice Against Poverty) concert in Rostock, Germany on June 7th, 2007.  Jakarta Globe  Fri 27 Jan 2012
Senegal court says Wade can run for third presidential term
Protesters in Senegal clashed with police late Friday after a court approved President Abdoulaye Wade to seek a highly disputed third term, but barred music icon Youssou Ndour from running. Anti-Wade... (photo: Creative Commons)
Photos   Politics   Protesters   Senegal   Wikipedia: Senegalese presidential election, 2012
Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade, waves at his supporters during a rally in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Feb. 23, 2007. Wade, who spent three decades in the country´s opposition and ran four times for president before winning in a landslide in 2000, say  BBC News  Fri 27 Jan 2012
Senegal's Wade cleared to run for third presidential term
Senegal's top court has said President Abdoulaye Wade can run for a third term in next month's poll, triggering clashes in the capital Dakar. Angered by the decision, protesters... (photo: AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)
Elections   Photos   Senegal   Violence   Wikipedia: Senegal
Top Stories more Headlines
Children gather around a burntout police truck following an overnight attack at Sheka Police station in Kano, Nigeria, on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. Gulf News Fri 27 Jan 2012
Nigeria faces an existential threat
London: Nigeria is up against a hydra-headed monster in the Boko Haram sect that claimed responsibility for last Friday's devastating attacks on the city of Kano.... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Nigeria   Photos   Politics   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Boko Haram
Somali refugee children share a meal inside a tent in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. Fleeing drought and famine in their home country, thousands of Somalis have taken up residence across the border in Dollo Ado The Star Fri 27 Jan 2012
One million children in Sahel at risk, UNICEF warns
GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 1 million children in the Sahel are at risk of severe malnutrition and urgent action is needed to avert starvation akin to that in Somalia,... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe)
Africa   Aid   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Sahel
A police officer walks past an engine block of last Friday suicide bomber's vehicle by the wall of the state police headquarters in Kano, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. The radical Islamist group Boko Haram were responsible for the attack. BBC News Fri 27 Jan 2012
Nigeria's Boko Haram: Will dialogue end the insurgency?
Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has challenged the Islamist militant group Boko Haram to come forward and state their... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba)
Islam   Nigeria   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Boko Haram
Team picture of the Ivory Coast prior to the friendly soccer match between Germany and Ivory Coast in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. First row from left right: Aristide Zogba, Emmanuel Eboue, Arthur Boka, Cheik Tiote, Didier Zokora Sporting Life Fri 27 Jan 2012
Ivory Coast 2 Burkina Faso 0
Salomon Kalou's early goal helped Ivory Coast book their spot in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals and consign opponents Burkina Faso to an early exit. The Chelsea... (photo: AP / Roberto Pfeil)
African Cup   Burkina   Ivory Coast   Wikipedia: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Group B
Paul Ulrich Kessany and Hamdaoui Mounir during a match of the national teams of Morocco and Gabon. Gabon won the match with 2-1 BBC News Fri 27 Jan 2012
Africa Cup of Nations: Gabon v Morocco
Morocco's Marouane Chamakh is hoping to be fit to face Gabon in Libreville. The Arsenal striker has been hit by food poisoning but expects to recover for a game... (photo: Creative Commons / File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske))
Africa   Photos   Soccer   Sport   Wikipedia: 2012 Africa Cup of Nations
Ivory Coast's Salomon Kalou attends a news conference ahead of their African Cup of Nations quarterfinal soccer match against Algeria, in Cabinda, Angola, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010. The Daily Mail Fri 27 Jan 2012
Ivory Coast 2 Burkina Faso 0: Kalou and crazy own goal books quarter-final place
Ivory Coast secured a place in the African Cup of Nations quarter-finals after beating Burkina Faso 2-0 on Thursday. Salomon Kalou opened the scoring in the 16th minute... (photo: AP / Darko Bandic)
African Cup   Burkina   Ivory Coast   Photos


WORLD WEATHER
Lome, Togo
2009.02.25
sunny.
Min:
25°C/77°F
Max:
30°C/86°F
World News - Interactive Map
Slideshow
Get News Updates by Email
Media & News
Ghana's Asamoah Gyan, right, celebrates next to teammate John Mensah, left, after scoring a penalty kick during the World Cup group D soccer match between Serbia and Ghana at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, Sunday, June 13, 2010. Ghana won 1-0. Ghana 1 Botswana 0: Hero to zero! Mensah on target before seeing red The Daily Mail
A victim of Friday's bomb blast and gun attacks lies in Murtala Muhammad specialist hospital in Kano, Nigeria Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012. Nigeria stunned by Kano attacks that killed more than 150 The Los Angeles Times
Libya's goalkeeper Samir Abboud, foreground, saves the ball in front of fellow team member Jomaa Qteit, center and Uruguay's Diego Lugano, right during their friendly soccer match in Tripoli, Libya Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009. Uruguay won 3-2. It's underway! Africa Cup of Nations opener sees Equatorial Guinea striker Balboa sucker punch Libya The Daily Mail
Benin's Razak Omotoyossi, front, attacks as Mozambique's Edson Sitoe, back defends during their African Cup of Nations Group C soccer match at the Ombaka National Stadium in Benguela, Angola, Tuesday Jan. 12, 2010. African Cup Could Be Full of Surprises Real Clear Politics
Economy
A cabbage cleaner stands in front of fuel trucks in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. More strikes and unrest in Nigeria after fuel price talks break down The Independent
A police officer stands guard as people protest following the removal of a fuel subsidy by the government, in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. Union threatens oil production shutdown in Nigeria Ohio
Angry youths protest in front of the National television station on fourth day of the nationwide strike on the removal of a fuel subsidy by the government in Lagos, Nigeria Nigeria oil union threats shutdown amid strike Denver Post
Angry youths burn debris following the removal of a fuel subsidy by the government in Lagos, Nigeria, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. Nigeria's oil economics fuel deadly protests CNN
Human Rights
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor argues with a photographer as he awaits the start of the prosecution's closing arguments during his trial at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam February 8, 2011. Accused war criminal Taylor 'worked with CIA' Al Jazeera
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor awaits the start of the prosecution's closing arguments during his trial at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam Tuesday Feb. 8, 2011. Charles Taylor worked for CIA: report Independent online (SA)
UN Security Council calls on Guinea-Bissau to ensure free elections UN Security Council calls on Guinea-Bissau to ensure free elections The Times of India
Analysis: Niger Delta still unstable despite amnesty Analysis: Niger Delta still unstable despite amnesty IRINnews
Africa Cultural
africa daily
Africa Economist
Africa Fund Manager
Africa Political
African Commission
Archive Africa
Equatorial Guinea Fm
Ghana Observer
Liberia Sport
Lome
Niger Delta
Nigeria Observer
West Africa FM
West Africa Offshore
World Food Africa