Togo President Extends 15-Year Rule With Election Win
- Gnassingbe wins 72% of votes in Feb. 22 presidential poll
- Turnout was 76% of more than 3.6 million registered voters
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Togolese President Faure Gnassingbe easily secured a fourth term in a Feb. 22 vote, extending his family’s half century-long rule of the West African nation.
Gnassingbe won 72% of the vote, the president of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Tchambakou Ayassor, said Monday. Opposition candidate Agbeyome Kodjo, a former prime minister, received 18%. Voter turnout was 76% of the more than 3.6 million registered voters.