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Mahamat Idriss Deby (C) sits in the honour tribune during the state funeral for his father Chadian president Idriss Déby Itno in N’Djamena on 23 April 2021. (Photo by Christophe Petit Tesson/POOL/AFP)
ABDOULAYE WADE

Family dynasties fuel conflict across Africa

“Family fortunes” in Chad reflect further-reaching dynamics of ruling

  • Mbulle-Nziege Leonard
4 min read
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.
FAURE GNASSINGBE

Faure Gnassingbe: Togo leader treads in father’s steps

  • Celia Lebur
Under fire: Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé
FAURE GNASSINGBE

Tensions simmer in restive Togo

Governance is a family business but a new generation of protesters is trying to disrupt the old order

  • Shola Lawal
7 min read
Survival: Nasm Ugerama’s baby is due in a month.
FAURE GNASSINGBE

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

  • Sophie Bouillon
3 min read
Togolese call for constitutional reforms during an anti-government rally in the capital Lomé on September 6
FAURE GNASSINGBE

West Africa slays its dinosaurs

Togo’s beleaguered leader is the only would-be president-for-life left in the region

  • Simon Allison
5 min read
AFRICAN UNION

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…

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
ARMY

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…

  • John Zodzi
3 min read