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- Vol 51 No 6
- 19/03/2010
Tarnished triumph
As President Faure’s regime cracks down on protest against his election fraud, the opposition dithers
- Vol 51 No 6
- 19/03/2010
The men at the centre
* 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
- 19/02/2010
Dynastic dynamics
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...
- Vol 50 No 9
- 01/05/2009
Brothers and enemies
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
- 17/04/2009
His father's son
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
- 22/09/2006
Back in the fold
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 F...
- Vol 46 No 10
- 13/05/2005
Faure's French friends
West African presidents and the Elysée Palace endorse Gnassingbé's election
- Vol 46 No 9
- 29/04/2005
Merci, Papa
People take to the streets in Lomé to protest against Faure Gnassingbé's victory in the polls
- Vol 46 No 6
- 18/03/2005
Olympic heights
It will be a struggle to introduce democracy after three decades of family rule
- Vol 46 No 5
- 04/03/2005
Faure falters
Round one to the African Union; the next battle will be presidential elections
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