Togo Travel News

A look at key events surrounding the Christmas Day attack on a U.S. airliner. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is accused of trying to detonate an explosive device hidden on his body as the plane approached Detroit on a flight from Amsterdam.

WASHINGTON: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian accused of trying to blow up a US passenger jet, was a brilliant student, but even at school he was likened to an imam because of his Islamic fervour, according to media accounts.

Diplomatic relations between Togo and its former colonial power France have soured after a French diplomat was expelled from the West African country.

The spokesman did not confirm that the expulsion was linked to Yamgnane,but said Bosc had never overstepped his mandate and had shown a high degree of professionalism in his contacts with all legal political parties.

D.C. Police and Secret Service officers are investigating a stabbing that happened at the Republic of Togo's embassy on Massachusetts Avenue.

Students from the Confucius Institute at the University of Lome on Thursday went to the Chinese Embassy in Togo to visit the photo exhibition on achievements since the Beijing summit on Sino-African cooperation.

A photo exhibition was opened on Wednesday in Lome, the capital of Togo, to demonstrate achievements in the continent since the 2006 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation .

Submitted by Project Africa Team on Thu, 06/04/2009 - 19:33. This morning [Wednesday] we woke up to delicious breakfast: Yogurt & Fruit.