Nevertheless, compared to the youthful hotheads of Togoland’s vociferous Juvento Party, Olympic had turned out to be a moderate. The Juvento demand ouster of the French and union with Ghana.

Togoland is a hot, humid and tiny country, 75 miles wide and 330 miles long, named by the Germans, given to the French under a U.N. trusteeship, and stuck like an afterthought on the map of Africa, ...

French Togoland became Togo in 1960. Gen. Gnassingbe Eyadema, installed as military ruler in 1967, continued to rule into the 21st century. Despite the facade of multiparty elections instituted in ...

Togo, a narrow strip of land on Africa's west coast, has for years been the target of criticism over its human rights record and political governance. Gaining independence from France in 1960 ...

Germany's 30-year rule in Togoland seemed relatively peaceful compared to other German colonies, and Togoland was promoted as "a model colony." ... German Togoland, and French Dahomey. ...