Africa / 24 February 2020 Faure Gnassingbe: Togo leader treads in father’s steps By Celia Lebur FacebookXEmailLinkedInWhatsApp Faure Gnassingbe was seen as a malleable 38-year-old when the military installed him as president of Togo after the death of his strongman father in 2005. Tags: Faure Gnassingbe, Gnassingbe Eyadema, Internet, Internet Censorship, Kpatcha Gnassingbe, TOGO, West Africa