By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on 24 Heure Info
The Association of Writers of Togo honoured five figures from Togolese literature on 6 November 2026 at the University of Lomé. Joseph Kokou Koffigoh and Assiba Akakpo were recognised during their lifetimes, while a posthumous tribute was paid to Koffi Gomez, Rita Têlé Mensah-Amendah and Mathias Kokou Eli Aithnard, according to 24 Heure Info.
Kara University will register students without a certificate of nationality from 23 to 28 October 2026. The campaign concerns students lacking this document, according to 24 Heure Info.
🇹🇬 Togo · Source: 24 Heure Info ·
Bus travel at Kara University will cost 100 CFA francs from 1 November, according to 24 Heure Info. The reduction applies to students using transport on the Togolese campus.
🇹🇬 Togo · Source: 24 Heure Info ·
Togo is strengthening surveillance at its borders after a Bundibugyo-strain Ebola case was confirmed in Nigeria on 20 October 2026, with thermal screening at Lomé airport, the port and land crossings, according to 24 Heure Info and Focusinfos. Focusinfos says the case involved a woman who returned from Uganda and was evacuated to Switzerland on 26 October, and that no cases had been reported in Togo by 27 October. The outlet also reports on the epidemic in DR Congo and Kenya, as well as difficulties facing the regional response.
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ASKO de Kara beat Mali’s FC Diarra 1-0 in Lomé on 25 October 2026 and qualified for the group stage of the CAF Confederation Cup. Abdoul Fatahou Ouattara’s penalty before half-time levelled the aggregate score after Togo’s 3-2 first-leg defeat, reports 24 Heure Info.
🇹🇬 Togo · Source: 24 Heure Info ·
Togo to merge CRT and INAM under INSSThe Togolese government adopted a bill on 6 November 2026 creating the National Social Security Institute (INSS), which will bring together the Togo Pension Fund (CRT) and the National Health Insurance Institute (INAM). The reform aims to create a single window for pensions and health insurance for public-sector employees and their dependants, according to the Council of Ministers.
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