Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe has won re-election with 72.36 % of the vote, according to preliminary results from the electoral commission on Monday.
With the victory Faure is poised to extend his 15-year rule and a family dynasty that began when his father took power in a 1967 coup.
Despite widespread disaffection and protests calling for him to step down, a fractured...
Togo election: Incumbent Faure Gnassingbe wins fourth term by landslide - TNG