I don't feel like a dictator, says Togo's longtime leader

Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe on Thursday insisted he was not a “dictator”, days before an election Togo FaureGassingbe Dictator Africa

Togolese President and presidential candidate of the ruling Union for the Republic party Faure Gnassingbe addresses soldiers during a visit to a military facility at Namoundjoga village in northern Togo, on February 17, 2020.

Critics say the vote will not be fair as the opposition has faced a crackdown to snuff out a wave of protests. The president took over in 2005 after the death of his father Gnassingbe Eyadema, who ruled for 38 years after seizing power in a coup.“I don’t think that my being his son should be a reason for exclusion.”

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