Cybersecurity & Disinformation: France’s digital watchdog Viginum says Israeli firm BlackCore ran coordinated online smear operations targeting elections in Scotland, New York City, Angola and Togo, including hundreds of fake accounts and thousands of coordinated comments aimed at political figures. Togo HIV Watch: Despite strong HIV viral suppression progress (about 85%), researchers in Togo report early signs of dolutegravir resistance among children and adolescents, raising concerns about long-term treatment sustainability. Clean Energy Research: A Togolese PhD researcher is developing foam-based floating solar panels designed to work better in cold conditions, tackling efficiency and cooling challenges for offshore power. Local Tech & Skills: ECOWAS’s regional cybersecurity hackathon in Accra ran with scenarios built by Ghana’s 00SEC, pushing homegrown capacity to defend governments, banks and critical infrastructure. Women’s Economic Empowerment (Aného): UNFPA and the Lacs 1 municipality in Aného are funding a new Women’s Center to train women in skills like agro-processing, IT and entrepreneurship, with links to microfinance. Construction Sector Reform (Lomé): Togo’s building and public works contractors used Media Days to highlight execution bottlenecks across the whole project chain, not just contractors. Air Quality Science: West Africa’s dry-season farm and household fires may be creating an “invisible” pollution trail in the sky, tracked across six countries using satellite readings.