Gnassingbé Eyadéma

The European Union had suspended aid to Faure's father Gnassingbé Eyadéma in 1993...

Under the President's late father President Gnassingbé Eyadéma the EU formulated 22 conditions relating to democracy and human rights which must be implemented before its aid suspended in 1992 is resumed; only a few of these have been met (AC Vol 46 No 10)...

After the death of Togo's President Gnassingbé Eyadéma Compaoré made overtures to his son Faure Gnassingbé who presented two helicopters for the presidential campaign...

Six months ago it was the demise of Togo's dictator Gnassingbé Eyadéma and the attempted usurpation of power by his son Faure Gnassingbé that pushed regional leaders into action to press for a return to constitutional rule...

Barnier a former European Union Commissioner argued that Paris should stop backing corrupt autocrats such as Togo's late Gnassingbé Eyadéma but the government recognised his son Faure Gnassingbé's stolen election in April...

And right on cue the barricades went up on 26 April as soon as the government announced that Faure son of the late dictator Gnassingbé Eyadéma had won the presidential election two days earlier (AC Vol 46 No 6)...

Faure and family maintain the traditional ties with Paris started when Gnassingbé Eyadéma was a sergeant in the French army...

A strange silence from Accra greeted the sudden death on 5 February of Togo's (and Africa's) longest-serving leader Etienne Gnassingbé Eyadéma...

Some think heir-apparent Faure Gnassingbé son of the deceased dictator Gnassingbé Eyadéma may have cut a deal with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) shortly before he vacated the position of Interim Head of State just three weeks after his father's death on 5 February...

AU and Ecowas censure Since Faure's installation by the army following the death of his father Gnassingbé Eyadéma on 5 February Obasanjo and Konaré have consistently condemned Faure Gnassingbé's take-over and have pushed the strong line that has emerged from both the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the AU which on 25 February imposed sanctions pending a return to constitutional rule...

When he died on 5 February President Gnassingbé Eyadéma had been in power for 38 years resisting pressure for change and exploiting his status as Africa's longest-serving leader to the full...