Countries

Togo

Togo is a narrow West African country squeezed between Ghana and Benin, running from a short Atlantic coastline north to Burkina Faso. Once part of German Togoland and later governed by France, it became independent in 1960.

A mud granary with a conical thatched cap beside a thatched roof in the Koutammakou landscape, northern Togo

Koutammakou

Photo: Nero2022, CC BY-SA 4.0

Green stands for hope and the land, yellow for faith in hard work, red for the blood shed for independence, and the white star for peace. Adopted at independence in 1960.

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