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Togo Map of Togo and surrounding West African countries, showing national boundaries, major cities including Lome, Sokode, and Kara, and neighboring countries Ghana, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria, and Niger. The Atlantic Ocean borders Togo to the south. An inset locator map highlights Togo's position on the continent. Antique map showing the northwest region of Africa as published in the 1902 Encyclopaedia Britannica. The map details colonial territories and countries such as Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, the Sahara, Senegal, Portuguese Guinea, French Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo, and Nigeria, with borders, cities, rivers, and geographic features labeled in fine print. Map of Africa showing the territorial divisions and colonial possessions by European powers from the late 19th to early 20th century. Countries and regions are color-coded to indicate British, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Belgian, and German control, with independent countries and British-Egyptian condominium also marked. The map highlights the extent and timing of colonization, with most of the continent under European rule except for Ethiopia and Liberia. The National Independence Monument in Lome, Togo features a large concrete structure with abstract cutouts and a central statue holding a star, surrounded by landscaped greenery. Sylvanus Olympio Faure Gnassingbe, President of Togo, wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and red patterned tie, stands in front of a wooden wall with a carved emblem.
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Togo
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Togo
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historical map of northwest Africa
Historical map of northwest Africa showing Togo along the coast of the Gulf of Guinea,...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Colonization of Africa by European countries
Map showing the colonization of Africa by European countries in the early 1900s....
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Independence Monument
A view of the Independence Monument, which commemorates Togo gaining independence...
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Sylvanus Olympio
Sylvanus Olympio, 1961.
German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), B 145 Bild-F010355-0005; photograph, Ludwig Wegmann
Faure Gnassingbé
Togolese leader Faure Gnassingbé in 2015.
Eskinder Debebe/UN Photo