As the country goes to the polls, the ruling Gnassingbé dynasty has a stranglehold on power that looks unshakeable
A familiar quote in Togo comes from the president, Faure Gnassingbé, who once said: “My father told me to never leave power.”
He has heeded that advice. The first African country where a coup d’etat occurred after independence and where the elected head of state was assassinated, Togo stands to be the last country in Africa to see the lights of a democratic alternation.
Source: Togo has long been mired in political crisis – and elections won’t change that
Category: Governance, Togo, Global development, Africa, World news
