Togo has agreed to extradite to the U.S. an alleged druglord from Colombia who was arrested trying to smuggle hundreds of pounds (kilograms) of cocaine through this West African nation last year.

In a Sept. 15 story about tests confirming the presence of the H5N1 strain of bird flu virus at a poultry farm outside Lome, The Associated Press reported erroneously that this was the first outbreak of bird flu in the West African nation of Togo.

Tests performed after the first ever outbreak of bird flu in the West African nation of Togo have confirmed the presence of the virulent H5N1 strain of the virus, state media said Monday.

An outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed in the West African nation of Togo for the first time since last year, the Health Ministry said Tuesday.

At least nine people have been killed as torrential floods have submerged entire villages in Togo, the country’s Minister for Transport and Highways said Saturday in a televised address.

Hillary Rodham Clinton characterized rival Barack Obama on Monday as rash and inconsistent on foreign policy issues.Shifting to foreign policy after two days of hammering the Illinois senator over their differences on health care, Clinton paired two of...

U.N. human rights experts told the United States on Thursday to step up efforts to combat racial discrimination in the detention of African-Americans and Hispanics and questioned the treatment of illegal immigrants.U.S. Ambassador Warren W. Tichenor said.

Dunkin’ Donuts, the coffee and baked goods chain synonymous with breakfast, is targeting the afternoon and evening crowds with new flatbread sandwiches and personal pizzas heated in convection ovens rather than microwaves.The chain hopes the moves, to...

To judge how far aid has helped Africa along the road to prosperity, just look down at the pavement _ or the lack of it.The most important highway in East Africa starts at the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa. Tens of thousands of trucks every year carry...

Investigators revealed new details Monday in the arrest of a deputy finance minister who allegedly tried to embezzle $43 million in budget funds _ a case that has shocked many of Russia’s top bankers.The detention of Sergei Storchak, one of the...