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Let’s collaborate to promote medical tourism -Togbe Afede urges Ho Teaching Hospital CEO
The Agbogbomefia of Asogli, Togbe Afede XIV, has called for collaboration between the Ho Teaching Hospital (HTH) and the Asogli State to promote medical tourism in the country. He described the hospital as a strategically located health facility...

Cape Verde vs The Gambia; two West African countries locked in battle for tourist dollar - part one
When one thinks of West Africa it is rarely in connection with vacations - especially beach holidays, and certainly not upmarket ones. But the region contains two countries: one a tiny crop of mainland surrounded by another country with a small...

Morocco rolls out temporary travel authorization for AFCON 2025
Morocco is tightening its entry rules ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025, introducing a temporary electronic travel authorization for citizens of eight African countries. From September 25, 2025, until January 25, 2026, travelers from...

Ghana Deports West African Migrants To Togo Amid US Immigration Crackdown
At least six West African migrants have been deported from Ghana to Togo after being expelled from the United States under President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, their lawyers confirmed on Tuesday. Lawyers representing the deportees...

Togolese-American Soldier learns skills to help home country
FORT HOOD, Texas — Kossivi Kokou kicks a soccer ball on a neatly mowed field in the thick Texas heat. Wearing a new green soccer jersey, he shoots at a steel-framed net, luxuries he once only dreamed of having as a child. He has earned a spot on...

Ghana deports Nigerian, other West Africans expelled by US to Togo
Ghana has deported at least six West Africans to Togo after they were expelled to Accra as part of an immigration crackdown by US President Donald Trump, their lawyers said Tuesday. Eleven deportees in total had sued the Ghanaian government to...

Ghana deports at least six west Africans expelled by US to Togo
Ghana has deported at least six west Africans to Togo after they were expelled to Accra as part of an immigration crackdown by US President Donald Trump, their lawyers said Tuesday. Eleven deportees in total had sued the Ghanaian government to...

Immigration crackdown: Ghana deports at least six west Africans expelled by US to Togo
Ghana has deported at least six west Africans to Togo after they were expelled to Accra as part of an immigration crackdown by US President Donald Trump, their lawyers said Tuesday. Eleven deportees in total had sued the Ghanaian government to...
Ghana deports at least six US-expelled west Africans to Togo
Ghana has deported at least six west Africans to Togo after they were expelled to Accra as part of an immigration crackdown by US President Donald Trump, their lawyers said Tuesday. Eleven deportees in total had sued the Ghanaian government to...

Morocco to require temporary electronic travel authorization for 8 African nations ahead of 2025 Africa Cup of Nations
Morocco will require citizens of eight African countries to obtain a temporary electronic travel authorization before entering the country during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, authorities announced. The measure, effective from Sept. 25, 2025, to...

Togo's Economy Surges in Late 2024 After Rocky Start
(Togo First) - Togo's economy delivered a dramatic turnaround in the final months of 2024, capping a volatile year with explosive growth that masked earlier struggles. The West African nation's gross domestic product soared 17.7% in the fourth...

Morocco Requires Electronic Travel Pass for AFCON 2025 Fans, Including Tunisians
Rabat – In preparation for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2025), Morocco has introduced a temporary electronic travel authorization (AEVM) requirement for supporters traveling to the country. The measure applies even to citizens of visa-exempt...


Turning deserts green and lives upside down: Inside China’s massive rewilding project
ORDOS (China), Oct 3 — Inner Mongolian herder Dorj looked bitterly at the vast grasslands where his flock once grazed freely, before the practice was banned as part of a massive Chinese state greening project. Restrictions on traditional grazing...

"Travel Inequality": U.S. Tourism Fast Lane Stays Shut To Visitors From One Region
As the United States recently decided to review its approximately 55 million visa holders for violations, which includes travelers with tourist visas, it seems the country is cracking down on who it allows to visit. The move also comes at a time...

Travel content creator dies after falling at Mongolian volcano site
Published: 08 Sep. 2025, 13:32 A view of Uran Togoo, an extinct volcano in northern Mongolia, is seen in this still from YouTuber Wayne R Mattocks' video. [SCREEN CAPTURE] A travel content creator died after falling at a popular volcano site in...

Travel Ban Impacts on U.S. Employers and Foreign National Employees: New Insights from Recently Released State Department Guidance
Why These Documents Matter for Employers Until recently, U.S. employers faced some uncertainty about how the June 4, 2025, Presidential Proclamation restricting entry from 19 countries would be implemented. While the proclamation itself outlined...
Ghana’s quiet crisis: Bawku, smuggling and the extremist war next door
TEMA, Ghana – Under the relentless blaze of a September sun in 2021, amid the chaotic symphony of cranes and cargo at Ghana’s Tema Port, what began as a mundane customs check unraveled into a spine-tingling exposé of hidden dangers. Inside a...

China’s ‘Great Green Wall’ brings hope but also some hardship for herders
Planting the equivalent of 840,000 football pitches around Inner Mongolia’s Kubuqi Desert has created tens of thousands of jobs and helped alleviate poverty, a 2015 United Nations study found. For some ethnic Mongolians, who make up 17% of the...
FCWC, partners launch West Africa Sustainable Ocean Programme
By Laudia Sawer Tema, Oct. 02, GNA – The Fisheries Committee for the West Central Gulf of Guinea (FCWC), in collaboration with its national and international partners, has launched the West Africa Sustainable Ocean Programme (WASOP)-Pillar. The...