Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé

Kpatcha Gnassingbé was arrested on 12 April (AC Vol 50 No 8) charged with plotting a coup d'état against his elder half-brother Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé President of Togo since 2005...

Hours later State Prosecutor Robert Bakaï accused Kpatcha a long-time rival of his half-brother President Faure Gnassingbé of organising a coup d’état...

Since Faure Gnassingbé seized power after the death of his father President Gnassingbé Eyadéma in 2005 relations between Faure and Kpatcha have been icy...

Low-key and mild-mannered President Faure Gnassingbé has the advantage of not being his late father the brutal dictator Gnassingbé Eyadéma...

However despite qualified approval by European election observers the victory of President Faure Gnassingbé’s ruling Rassemblement du Peuple Togolais (RPT) was rejected by the two main opposition parties...

Gilchrist Olympio's Union des Forces de Changement has condemned President Faure Gnassingbé's decision to use 3 000 electoral kits from Congo-Kinshasa without consulting the Commission Electorale Nationale Indépendante...

There is concern as to whether Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé is gradually being forgiven for the way he inherited power from his late father Gnassingbé Eyadéma...

This follows the 20 August 'Comprehensive Political Accord' between President Faure Gnassingbé's government and the main opposition...

This was launched by President Faure Gnassingbé in November and would involve the opposition around the Union des Forces de Changement (UFC) of Gilchrist Olympio...

After the death of Togo's President Gnassingbé Eyadéma Compaoré made overtures to his son Faure Gnassingbé who presented two helicopters for the presidential campaign...

Six months ago it was the demise of Togo's dictator Gnassingbé Eyadéma and the attempted usurpation of power by his son Faure Gnassingbé that pushed regional leaders into action to press for a return to constitutional rule...