Togo


NEWARK, N.J. - A woman from the impoverished West African nation Togo has been sentenced to 27 years in prison after being convicted of running a human smuggling operation and forcing women to work at New Jersey hair braiding salons.

NEWARK, N.J. - A man from the impoverished West African nation Togo has been sentenced to more than 24 years in prison for his role in the smuggling of girls and women who were forced to work at New Jersey hair braiding salons.

LOME, Togo - Togo's top opposition candidate was pelted with tear gas for a second time Sunday as he vowed to take to the streets every day in protest of what he says was an election rigged to favor the son of the country's longtime dictator.

LOME, Togo - The villa behind the locked gate still bears the bullet marks from a coup that brought down this country's first president.

PARIS - A deadly shooting rampage against Togo's soccer team in Angola has pushed France into an awkward position: After years of backing a top separatist group there - and even harboring its leaders - Paris now wants better ties with the oil-rich country's government, experts say.
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