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Togo President Gnassingbe Wins re-election in Landslide: Preliminary Results

Reuters

   LOME, TOGO - Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe has won re-election with
   72% of the vote, according to preliminary results from the electoral
   commission on Monday, extending his 15-year rule and a family dynasty
   that began when his father took power in a 1967 coup.

   Despite widespread disaffection and protests calling for him to step
   down, a fractured opposition has struggled to launch a converted
   campaign to unseat Gnassingbe in the small West African country of 8
   million people.

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