Gnassingbe Eyadema
Tensions simmer in restive Togo
Governance is a family business but a new generation of protesters is trying to disrupt the old order
Child killed as anti-government protests rock Togo
As the opposition call to unseat President Faure Gnassingbé, demonstrations on both sides have intensified in the region
West Africa slays its dinosaurs
Togo’s beleaguered leader is the only would-be president-for-life left in the region
Togo elections free and fair, say monitors
Landmark weekend parliamentary elections in Togo were ”free, fair and open”, observers from the Economic Community of West African States concluded in a report on Tuesday. ”In spite of a few shortfalls, the legislative elections on Sunday were free, fair and open,” stated the 15-nation group.
Togo hopes polls will restore democracy, aid
Togo holds parliamentary elections on Sunday that, if free and fair, could convince international donors that the small West African state has fully embraced democratic rule. The European Union, once Togo’s biggest donor, froze most aid to the former French colony in 1993.
