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Togolese refugee finds a new beginning in Liberia
31 Aug 2015 Life was shattered in 1998 during Togo's presidential election campaign. -
Togo and Ghana receiving more Ivorian refugees as crisis spreads
29 Mar 2011 Eight West African countries now host some 116,000 Ivorian refugees amid fresh clashes in Côte d'Ivoire. -
Some 3,500 Ghanaians flee to Togo to escape village feuding
28 May 2010 A land dispute between two villages in north-eastern Ghana has forced 3,500 Ghanaians to flee their homes and cross into neighbouring Togo. -
Togolese refugees start going home from Ghana with UNHCR help
27 Sep 2007 The repatriation of Togolese refugees from Ghana has begun with a first group of 176 men, women and children people heading home with the help of the UN refugee agency. -
Benin closes Come camp for Togolese refugees
18 Aug 2006 Benin has closed a camp set up last year to shelter refugees from post-electoral violence in neighbouring Togo. Convoys last week moved the last 493 refugees from Come Camp to the settlement of Agame, close to the border with Togo. -
Lack of funds threatens UNHCR assistance to Togolese refugees
4 Aug 2005 Despite repeated requests for funds, the UN refugee agency still faces a serious shortfall in resources available to help Togolese refugees in Benin and Ghana. Already, UNHCR has had to put on hold the assistance it is giving the refugees, even as the numbers continue to grow. -
Benin - a textbook case of education in refugee emergencies
26 Jul 2005 The prompt actions of the Beninese government, refugee teachers and agencies like UNHCR and UNICEF have allowed recent arrivals from Togo to continue their education in exile. Some Togolese refugees have even taken their lower secondary exams alongside their Beninese peers. -
Hundreds of Togolese arrive in Benin's capital
27 May 2005 More than 700 Togolese refugees, mostly young men, have been registered in Cotonou in the last two days. They say they fled amid a climate of fear due to abductions and disappearances in parts of Togo which support the opposition. -
African Union team finds Togolese refugees well integrated in Ghana
26 May 2005 A high-level African Union mission to assess the situation of Togolese refugees in Ghana has found the recent arrivals living harmoniously among the local community in the border area. The delegation has donated US$30,000 to the Ghanaian government to help with the refugee programme.