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News Tongo » Savanes: Solidarity and inclusion in the Savanes region of Togo: refugee women and host communities join forces for economic empowerment

News channel or source: https://www.unhcr.org/africa/news/stories/solidarity-and-inclusion-savanes-region-togo-refugee-women-and-host-communities-join

Published on: Wednesday 04 September 2024

Togo is receiving an increasing number of displaced people from Burkina Faso. According to a government census conducted in December 2023, the country is now hosting over 37,000 refugees, nearly 77% ...

News Tongo » Savanes: Togo Extends State of Emergency Due to Militant Attacks

News channel or source: https://www.voanews.com/a/togo-extends-state-of-emergency-due-to-militant-attacks/6735048.html

Published on: Wednesday 07 September 2022

The West African nation of Togo has extended a state of emergency in its northern Savanes region for another six months due to continued attacks by Islamist militants. A six-month state of emergency ...

News Tongo » Savanes: Togo - U.S.$1 Million Grant to Address the Humanitarian Emergency in the Savanes Region

News channel or source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202608040651.html

Published on: Tuesday 04 August 2026

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a grant of US$1 million to Togo to support victims of the humanitarian crisis affecting the Savanes Region in the north of the ...

News Tongo » Savanes: Togo parliament extends regional state of emergency by 12 months

News channel or source: https://www.jurist.org/news/2023/04/togo-parliament-extends-regional-state-of-emergency-by-12-months/

Published on: Sunday 09 April 2023

Togo’s National Assembly Thursday voted in favor of extending a state of security emergency in the Savanes region for another year. The measure follows a recent increase in incursions from terrorist ...

News Tongo » Savanes: From northern Togo to Mali, the youth exodus in search of gold and a future

News channel or source: https://www.theafricareport.com/408939/from-northern-togo-to-mali-the-youth-exodus-in-search-of-gold-and-a-future/

Published on: Sunday 15 February 2026

‘One morning, I found his room empty.’ Increasing numbers of young people from Togo’s arid Savanes region are trying their luck in West Africa’s gruelling and hazardous artisanal gold mines.

News Tongo » Savanes: Togo declares state of emergency due to security issues

News channel or source: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/togo-declares-state-of-emergency-due-to-security-issues/2613004

Published on: Monday 13 June 2022

Togo declared a state of emergency Monday in its northernmost Savanes region on the border with Burkina Faso due to security issues. The move was taken due to a recent increase in terrorist attacks in ...

News Tongo » Savanes: Togo ups its ante against terror threats

News channel or source: https://issafrica.org/iss-today/togo-ups-its-ante-against-terror-threats

Published on: Tuesday 29 October 2019

Until early 2018, violent extremism in West Africa had been largely confined to the Sahel region. Since then fears of a spillover into neighbouring coastal states, including Togo, have been rising.

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