Editing History of Togo (section)

== Faure Gnassingbé in power (2005–present) == 

In August 2006 President Gnassingbe and members of the opposition signed the Global Political Agreement (GPA), bringing an end to the political crisis triggered by Gnassingbé Eyadéma's death in February 2005 and the flawed and violent electoral process that followed. The GPA provided for a transitional unity government whose primary purpose would be to prepare for benchmark legislative elections, originally scheduled for June 24, 2007. CAR opposition party leader and human rights lawyer Yawovi Agboyibo was appointed Prime Minister of the transitional government in September 2006. Leopold Gnininvi, president of the CDPA party, was appointed minister of state for mines and energy. The third opposition party, UFC, headed by Gilchrist Olympio, declined to join the government, but agreed to participate in the national electoral commission and the National Dialogue follow-up committee, chaired by Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore.

[[Togolese parliamentary election, 2007|Parliamentary elections]] took place on October 14, 2007. Olympio, who returned from exile to campaign, took part for the first time in 17 years. The ruling party, [[Rally of the Togolese People]] (RPT), won a majority of the parliamentary seats in the election. International observers declared the poll "largely" free and fair. Despite these assurances, the secretary-general of the opposition party [[Union of Forces for Change]](UFC) initially stated that his party would not accept the election results.<ref>[http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2007-10/2007-10-17-voa40.cfm?CFID=267582543&CFTOKEN=95745360]{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
Mr Olympio stated that the election results did not properly represent the voters' will, pointing out that the UFC received nearly as many votes as the RPT, but that due to the way the electoral system was designed the UFC won far fewer seats.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2007-12/2007-12-04-voa53.cfm?CFID=267586544&CFTOKEN=71565589 |title=Selection of New Togo PM Angers Opposition |access-date=2008-02-07 |archive-date=2008-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914045214/http://voanews.com/english/archive/2007-12/2007-12-04-voa53.cfm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In April 2015, President Faure Gnassingbe was re-elected for a third term.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-32512615|title = Togo's Faure Gnassingbe wins third term as president|work = BBC News|date = 29 April 2015}}</ref> In late 2017, tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in a series of mass protests  to demand the immediate resignation of President Faure Gnassingbe.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thousands protest in Togo to demand exit of President Gnassingbe |url=https://www.france24.com/en/20171231-togo-thousands-demonstrate-lome-against-president-faure-gnassingbe |work=France 24 |date=31 December 2017 |language=en}}</ref> In February 2020, Faure Gnassingbé was again re-elected for his fourth presidential term. The opposition had a lot of accusations of fraud and irregularities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/togo-president-gnassingb%C3%A9-wins-re-election/a-52494760|title = Togo President Gnassingbé wins re-election &#124; DW &#124; 24.02.2020|website = [[Deutsche Welle]]}}</ref> The Gnassingbé family has ruled Togo since 1967, meaning it is Africa’s longest lasting dynasty.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ips-journal.eu/regions/africa/togos-dynasty-lives-on-4111/|title = Togo's dynasty lives on| date=28 February 2020 }}</ref>

In June 2022, Togo joined the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] as its 56th member.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gabon and Togo join the Commonwealth |url=https://thecommonwealth.org/news/gabon-and-togo-join-commonwealth |website=Commonwealth |language=en}}</ref>