Togo news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 4 major Togo news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language.
The Togo media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays Togo's front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. All 4 titles tracked in Togo sit near the editorial centre in our classification, which is common where the press is dominated by public broadcasters and agencies, or where no confident left/right rating was available. Comparison here is less about political line than about which stories each newsroom judges worth the top of the page.
By kind of outlet, the 4 titles break down as 2 digital-native outlets (Togo Breaking News and L-Frii), 1 business daily (Togo First) and 1 daily newspaper (L'Alternative). Crosswire lists no public-service broadcaster for Togo, so the fixed point in a comparison has to be a wire service or the most widely read daily instead.
Togo sits in West Africa, on Crosswire's Africa hub. By outlets tracked it is 9th of the 15 countries in West Africa and 32nd of the 45 across Africa, where the average is 4 outlets per country. Its neighbours in West Africa with hubs of their own are Nigeria (5), Ghana (5), Senegal (4), Côte d'Ivoire (4), Burkina Faso (4), Niger (4), Guinea (4), Gambia (4), Benin (4), Cape Verde (4), Mauritania (4), Mali (3), Sierra Leone (3) and Liberia (3).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are Togo's main news outlets?
Across Togo's editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists near the center, Togo Breaking News, L'Alternative, Togo First and L-Frii. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
Togo Breaking News is a privately run online news site based in Lomé, publishing French-language coverage of Togolese politics, the economy, society, culture and sport, together with regional African news. Updated daily, it belongs to Togo's growing group of digital-native outlets and is followed by Togolese readers at home and in the diaspora.
L'Alternative is a private Togolese investigative newspaper and news site based in Lomé, directed by journalist Ferdinand Ayité. Known for reporting on corruption and public finances, it has repeatedly faced prosecutions and suspensions, and its work has drawn international press-freedom attention, making it one of Togo's most prominent critical outlets.
Togo First is a Lomé-based online outlet dedicated to Togolese economic and business news, published by the pan-African Ecofin agency group. It tracks public finances, banking, agriculture, infrastructure and investment policy in French and English, and is widely cited by professionals and regional media following Togo's economy.
L-Frii is a Lomé-based digital media outlet founded in the mid-2010s, publishing fast-paced coverage of Togolese news, politics, sport and entertainment for a young online audience. Consistently among Togo's most-visited websites, it mixes breaking news with practical information such as exam and job announcements that draw a large domestic readership.
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