Your account has been succesfully created.

EN FR

The Morning Brief
Log in

Password

Keep me logged in

Forgot your password?
Subscribe

Faure Gnassingbe

Togo
Parliamentary elections leave Faure Ghassingbe with a clear run

Despite strong pressure in recent months from opposition coalition C14 to have the parliamentary elections postponed, the government has refused [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.12.2018

Spotlight | Central Africa, West Africa
Why African presidents are looking beyond France for their healthcare

For many years regulars at the Val de Grace military hospital in Paris, African heads of state are now increasingly likely to get their check-ups in Saudi Arabia, Morocco or Israel rather than checking into a clinic in the French [.

Subscribers only Politics 28.11.2018

France, Togo
Gnassingbe takes offence

President Faure Gnassingbe and the Togolese government have expressed their [...]

Subscribers only Politics 28.11.2018

Togo
Agbeyome Kodjo gives his party a makeover

On 20 October, the former prime minister of Gnassingbe Eyadema from 2000 to 2002, the 64-year-old Gabriel Agbeyome Kodjo, renamed [...]

Subscribers only Politics 31.10.2018

Togo
Ali Esso Tchakpele, Faure's new security chief

Less than satisfied with the performance of Colonel Koulemaga Kassawa as head of the Agence nationale de renseignement (ANR, the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 31.10.2018

Spotlight | Central Africa, West Africa
The young guard invades the corridors of power

As their long-standing allies enter their dotage, African heads of state are turning to a new generation of highly qualified pretenders who are colonising the presidential palaces and forging their own networks. An exposé of the inner circles of tomorrow.

Subscribers only Politics 03.10.2018

Guinea, Togo
Tipki Atchadam made welcome in Conakry

After two stays of several months in Accra, the Togolese national Tikpi Atchadam, who is very close to Tibou Kamara, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 03.10.2018

Togo
Lome's government launches mining inspection

Using World Bank funding, Faure Gnassingbe's government in Togo is [...]

Subscribers only Mining 25.09.2018

China, Togo
Tony Blair plays event organiser for Faure

Visiting Beijing to attend the 3rd Forum on China-Africa Cooperation [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.09.2018

Togo
Faure's inner circle tasked with defusing tensions

The president has surrounded himself with discreet mediators in an attempt to resolve political and social tensions.

Subscribers only Politics 05.09.2018

Togo
Payadowa Boukpessi's Masonic intervention

The minister for local government Payadowa Boukpessi has intervened in the crisis engulfing the Grande loge nationale togolaise (GLNT). For [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.09.2018

Togo
Faure tries to stem army defections

The Forces armees togolaises have been hit by an unprecedented wave of desertions since the beginning of the year.

Subscribers only Politics 22.08.2018

Ghana, Togo
Bodjona, the discreet emissary in the Togolese crisis

His advice is much heeded by Nana Akufo-Addo, the co-mediator in the political crisis prevailing in Togo since 2017, and [...]

Subscribers only Politics 22.08.2018

Ghana, Togo
Tikpi Atchadam set to return to Lome?

The facilitators in resolving the Togo crisis, presidents Alpha Conde and Nana Akufo-Addo, took advantage of their most recent visit [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.07.2018

Ivory Coast, Togo
Faure takes a break in Assinie

Faure Gnassingbe made a brief trip to Ivory Coast on [...]

Subscribers only Politics 04.07.2018

Israel, Togo
Faure Gnassingbe manages to rile his ally Netanyahu

The Israeli prime minister has yet to forgive the failure to hold the Israel-Africa summit in Lome and is making no secret of the fact.

Subscribers only Politics 20.06.2018

Cape Verde, West Africa
Jorge Carlos Fonseca well positioned for the presidency

Faure Gnassingbe does not wish to serve a second term as the head of the Economic Community of West African [...]

Free access Diplomacy 20.06.2018

Nigeria
Buhari gives up on ECOWAS top job

As he prepares to welcome French president Emmanuel Macron on an official visit to Abuja in early July, Nigerian president [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.06.2018

Togo
Jean-Pierre Fabre due in Paris to discuss the crisis

Togo's leading opposition figure, the 66-year-old Jean-Pierre Fabre known as ‘Jeanpi', is due to visit the French capital in mid-June. [...]

Subscribers only Politics 06.06.2018

Togo
Charles Gafan, Bollore's insider in Faure's entourage

Faure Gnassingbe is standing behind Vincent Bollore after the businessman [...]

Subscribers only Business 06.06.2018

Once registered, you will be notified by a short message on your computer or mobile phone as soon as a new edition of our publication or an alert is published. Stay informed anytime, anywhere!

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Faure Gnassingbe

Togo
Parliamentary elections leave Faure Ghassingbe with a clear run

Spotlight | Central Africa, West Africa
Why African presidents are looking beyond France for their healthcare

France, Togo
Gnassingbe takes offence

Togo
Agbeyome Kodjo gives his party a makeover

Togo
Ali Esso Tchakpele, Faure's new security chief

Spotlight | Central Africa, West Africa
The young guard invades the corridors of power

Guinea, Togo
Tipki Atchadam made welcome in Conakry

Togo
Lome's government launches mining inspection

China, Togo
Tony Blair plays event organiser for Faure

Togo
Faure's inner circle tasked with defusing tensions

Togo
Payadowa Boukpessi's Masonic intervention

Togo
Faure tries to stem army defections

Ghana, Togo
Bodjona, the discreet emissary in the Togolese crisis

Ghana, Togo
Tikpi Atchadam set to return to Lome?

Ivory Coast, Togo
Faure takes a break in Assinie

Israel, Togo
Faure Gnassingbe manages to rile his ally Netanyahu

Cape Verde, West Africa
Jorge Carlos Fonseca well positioned for the presidency

Nigeria
Buhari gives up on ECOWAS top job

Togo
Jean-Pierre Fabre due in Paris to discuss the crisis

Togo
Charles Gafan, Bollore's insider in Faure's entourage

Refine your search

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Indigo Publications' websites

Libya From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Kinshasa's pan-African plans for Grand Inga

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

Faure Gnassingbe

Togo Parliamentary elections leave Faure Ghassingbe with a clear run

Spotlight | Central Africa, West Africa Why African presidents are looking beyond France for their healthcare

France, Togo Gnassingbe takes offence

Togo Agbeyome Kodjo gives his party a makeover

Togo Ali Esso Tchakpele, Faure's new security chief

Spotlight | Central Africa, West Africa The young guard invades the corridors of power

Guinea, Togo Tipki Atchadam made welcome in Conakry

Togo Lome's government launches mining inspection

China, Togo Tony Blair plays event organiser for Faure

Togo Faure's inner circle tasked with defusing tensions

Togo Payadowa Boukpessi's Masonic intervention

Togo Faure tries to stem army defections

Ghana, Togo Bodjona, the discreet emissary in the Togolese crisis

Ghana, Togo Tikpi Atchadam set to return to Lome?

Ivory Coast, Togo Faure takes a break in Assinie

Israel, Togo Faure Gnassingbe manages to rile his ally Netanyahu

Cape Verde, West Africa Jorge Carlos Fonseca well positioned for the presidency

Nigeria Buhari gives up on ECOWAS top job

Togo Jean-Pierre Fabre due in Paris to discuss the crisis

Togo Charles Gafan, Bollore's insider in Faure's entourage

Refine your search

About Africa Intelligence

Subscription

Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Togo
Parliamentary elections leave Faure Ghassingbe with a clear run

Spotlight | Central Africa, West Africa
Why African presidents are looking beyond France for their healthcare

France, Togo
Gnassingbe takes offence

Togo
Agbeyome Kodjo gives his party a makeover

Togo
Ali Esso Tchakpele, Faure's new security chief

Spotlight | Central Africa, West Africa
The young guard invades the corridors of power

Guinea, Togo
Tipki Atchadam made welcome in Conakry

Togo
Lome's government launches mining inspection

China, Togo
Tony Blair plays event organiser for Faure

Togo
Faure's inner circle tasked with defusing tensions

Togo
Payadowa Boukpessi's Masonic intervention

Togo
Faure tries to stem army defections

Ghana, Togo
Bodjona, the discreet emissary in the Togolese crisis

Ghana, Togo
Tikpi Atchadam set to return to Lome?

Ivory Coast, Togo
Faure takes a break in Assinie

Israel, Togo
Faure Gnassingbe manages to rile his ally Netanyahu

Cape Verde, West Africa
Jorge Carlos Fonseca well positioned for the presidency

Nigeria
Buhari gives up on ECOWAS top job

Togo
Jean-Pierre Fabre due in Paris to discuss the crisis

Togo
Charles Gafan, Bollore's insider in Faure's entourage