EDITORIAL. The decline of democracy in Africa has many causes. Among them are France's serious ambiguities, its readiness to ...

The Gnassingbe family has collectively ruled the West African country since 1967, and many Togolese want change.

Protests are set to continue in Togo this Friday, following the government's adoption of a new constitution that allows ...

Togo's President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe The lessons of that episode did not escape Faure Gnassingbé, a shrewd and often ...

Voters are expected to elect leaders of the country's 117 municipalities. President Faure Gnassingbe, 59, is not formally on the ballot himself, yet the poll will be a test of Gnassingbe's popularity ...

Togolese voters have voted in municipal elections, seen as a test for the country's leader Faure Gnassingbé, who has faced ...

The resort is expected to open in 2027 on Assomption Island, which lies near a UNESCO World Heritage coral site and is “one ...

Although protests against Faure Gnassingbé's rule were suppressed in June, voices in Paris are now challenging the defense ...

The results, although preliminary, come as no surprise to many observers. Voter turnout in the elections that took place last ...

As elections loom or have recently concluded in several politically delicate states, and unconstitutional changes of ...

LAGOS, Nigeria -- The decision of Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara to run for a fourth term risks a return to a past ...

Leaders of two regional blocs in East and Southern Africa have agreed to merge further peace processes for the Democratic ...