PRESIDENT FAURE GETS REELECTED FOR THIRD TERM IN TOGO

Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe, has been re-elected for a third term.

The electoral officials say Gnassingbe won with 59% of the vote while his main opponent Jean-Pierre Fabre, took 35% of the vote.

Gnassingbe has ruled since the death of his father, Gnassingbe Eyadema, who took power in a coup in 1967.

His family has been in power for 48 years.