Rights groups call out state repression after violent crackdown on protests against Faure Gnassingbe’s extended rule.

Practices undermining stability in Togo’s media environment are re-emerging, posing new challenges to press freedom.

LOME, Togo (AP) — A coalition of political parties and civil society groups in Togo vowed Monday to step up domestic and international pressure on President Faure Gnassingbe following his ...

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Togo, a nation of around 8 million people, has been ruled by same family for 57 years, initially by Eyadema Gnassingbe and subsequently by his son.

FILE - Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe waves before a working lunch at the Elysee Palace in Paris on April 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, File) ...

Opposition politicians in the West African country denounced the move as a “constitutional coup” that could signal further democratic backsliding in a region marred by military coups.

FILE - Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe waves before a working lunch at the Elysee Palace in Paris on April 9, 2021. Lewis Joly/AP FILE - Opposition supporters cheer during an election campaign ...