Togo Communications

Telephone

Country code: 228. There are no area codes. IDD is available to main cities.

Mobile Telephone

Roaming agreements exist with most international mobile phone companies. Coverage is good around urban areas and patchy elsewhere.

Internet

Public access is available in Internet cafes all over the country.

Post

Postal facilities are limited to main towns. Airmail to Western Europe takes at least two weeks.

Media

Freedom of the press is provided for in the constitution, but is not respected in practice. The major television channel is government-owned, as is the only daily newspaper and some of the private radio stations. Journalists writing for the private weeklies are subject to harassment and legal action. Several private radio and TV stations which had criticised the military-backed succession of Faure Gnassingbe as president were closed in 2005. Press offences cannot be punished by imprisonment.

Press

• The main newspaper is the government-owned Togo-Presse, published in French, Ewe and Kabiyé.
Le Regard is an independent weekly.

TV

Television Togolaise (TUT) is a state-run television channel.
Media Plus is a pay-TV operator.

Radio

Radio Lomé is a state-run radio station.
• Radio Zephyr is a privately-run station.
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