- Vol 54 No 3
- 1st February 2013
The feud between the descendants of Togo’s first President and those of
his assassin is as old as the nation – and still ongoing
- Vol 53 No 21
- 19th October 2012
The President’s attempts to maintain a consensus collides with a disaffected civil society more interested in genuine democracy
- Vol 53 No 21
- 19th October 2012
There was an inevitability about the clash between President Faure Gnassingbé and his elder brother, Kpatcha Gnassingbé ever since the time when they accompanied their dying father on the aeroplane to Tripoli, Libya, in February 2005.
- Vol 51 No 6
- 19th March 2010
As President Faure’s regime cracks down on protest against his election fraud, the opposition dithers
- Vol 51 No 6
- 19th March 2010
* Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, 44, won a second five-year term, on a platform of economic development and reform, with few details. He will be sworn in on 3 May, after the Constitutional Court (despite complaints) confirms the provisional results.
- Vol 51 No 4
- 19th February 2010
President Faure Gnassingbé is set for an easy victory against a divided opposition in the 4 March national elections: the main opposition parties plan to boycott the vote (AC Vol 50 No 9). This follows their complaints that the electoral register has been...
The Gnassingbé family that has run Togo for almost 42 years has split, opening up competition for the presidential election due next year
- Vol 50 No 8
- 17th April 2009
The arrest of former Defence Minister Kpatcha Gnassingbé while pleading in vain for asylum outside the gates of the United States Embassy in Lomé on 15 April appears to have ended his political career ahead of presidential elections due in 2010. Hours la...
- Vol 47 No 19
- 22nd September 2006
The choice of leading oppositionist Yaovi Agboyigbo as Prime Minister on 16 September and offers of aid and investment from Brussels and Paris point to a changing climate. This follows the 20 August 'Comprehensive Political Accord' between President Faure...
- Vol 46 No 10
- 13th May 2005
West African presidents and the Elysée Palace endorse Gnassingbé's election