COME, 14 Dec 2005 (IRIN) - While some of the refugees who streamed across the border from Togo into Benin by the thousands last April have finally gone home, more than 19,000 are still in exile, according to the UN refugee agency.Full report

DAKAR, 16 Nov 2005 (IRIN) - Over 65,000 people forced to flee Togo or seek shelter within the country from political violence, will stop receiving essential food aid unless the World Food Programme secures just US $1 million from donors by the end of the year. Full report

LOME, 11 Nov 2005 (IRIN) - A much-awaited official probe into the political violence that rocked Togo earlier this year says 154 people were killed and 654 hurt, and calls on the government to punish those responsible. Full report

LOME, 8 Nov 2005 (IRIN) - Radio France Internationale made its return to Togos airwaves after a six month government blockade as the country opened an international media summit that ended on Tuesday.Full report

LOME, 18 Oct 2005 (IRIN) - An opposition-leaning journalist has taken over as head of Togo's media regulatory body amid promises of a freer press one of the key conditions set by the European Union for resuming the aid it cut off more than a decade ago.Full report

LOME, 12 Oct 2005 (IRIN) - Journalists, human rights activists and opposition leaders took to the streets of the Togolese capital, Lome, on Wednesday to protest the recent beating of an editor of an opposition newspaper. Full report

LOME, 26 Sep 2005 (IRIN) - Between 400 and 500 people were killed and thousands wounded in Togo during political violence earlier this year and state authorities must shoulder most of the blame, the United Nations said on Monday. Full report

LOME, 23 Sep 2005 (IRIN) - After being voted into office five months ago amid street violence and claims of electoral fraud, Togos President Faure Gnassingbe has pledged to hold transparent parliamentary polls as soon as possible.Full report

ATAKPAME, 16 Sep 2005 (IRIN) - Nearly five months after election violence in Togo, thousands of opposition supporters remain exiled in Benin and Ghana, making life difficult for the dependents they left behind.Full report

LOME, 4 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - Togos parliament this week unanimously passed a law slapping tough punishment on child traffickers, their accomplices and in some cases the parents of victims. Full report

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