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Togo-Elections: Early Results Suggest the Winner is… Gnassingbé

The early results of the presidential elections in Togo held on Saturday show that incumbent President Faure Gnassingbe is poised to win with a comfortable majority. The National Independent Electoral Commission disclosed this Monday that, according to the partial official results, Faure Gnassingbe, leader of the ruling Union for the Republic Party, is in the […]

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Togo: the Stakes of the Presidential Elections

Togolese voters are going to the polls this Saturday to re-elect incumbent President Faure Gnassingbé, who is seeking a third term, or elect a new president among the four other candidates, including the main challenger, opposition leader Jean-Pierre Fabre of the National Alliance for Change, who was defeated in the 2010 elections. The majority of […]