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New post for Togo president could see him rule for life
>The Togolese leader, Faure Gnassingbé, has been sworn in as "President of the Council of Ministers" - a new post which is the highest office in the government's executive branch and has no official term limits.
>This follows constitutional reform that ended presidential elections, and introduced a parliamentary system.
>The opposition said the change was in order to allow President Gnassingbé to stay in power indefinitely.
>His family has ruled the country for 58 years - Faure Gnassingbé took over in 2005 from his father, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, who had ruled for almost four decades.
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>The Togolese leader, Faure Gnassingbé, has been sworn in as "President of the Council of Ministers" - a new post which is the highest office in the government's executive branch and has no official term limits.
>This follows constitutional reform that ended presidential elections, and introduced a parliamentary system.
>The opposition said the change was in order to allow President Gnassingbé to stay in power indefinitely.
>His family has ruled the country for 58 years - Faure Gnassingbé took over in 2005 from his father, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, who had ruled for almost four decades.
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