Togo Issues - 2023

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Disputes - international

Togo-Benin: in 2001, Benin claimed Togo moved boundary monuments - joint commission continues to resurvey the boundary; Benin’s and Togo’s Adjrala hydroelectric dam project on the Mona River, proposed in the 1990s, commenced in 2017 with funding from a Chinese bank

Togo-Burkina Faso: none identified

Togo-Ghana: none identified

Refugees and internally displaced persons

refugees (country of origin): 8,395 (Ghana) (2023)

Illicit drugs

transit hub for Nigerian heroin and cocaine traffickers; money laundering not a significant problem

NOTE: The information regarding Togo on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Togo 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Togo 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.