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.

The authorities threaten legal action against the organisers of the protests about the country's leader.

A coalition of political parties and civil society groups in Togo has vowed to step up domestic and international pressure on President Faure Gnassingbe following his ...

Protesters and security forces have clashed for a second day in Lomé, Togo's capital, over constitutional reforms that could extend President Faure Gnassingbé's power.

His family has ruled the country for 58 years - Faure Gnassingbé took over in 2005 from his father, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, who had ruled for almost four decades.

Politics of Sunday, 8 June 2025 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Kufuor's direct relations with Togo's Gnassingbé and 5 other little-known facts about top politicians ...

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.

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.