independence

Seven months after the presidential election on 22 February, Faure Gnassingbé, elected for a fourth term in five years, appointed a woman, Victoire Sidémèho Tomegah-Dogbé, as Prime Minister. A first since independence. as reported from Lomé, Peter Sassou Dogbé Born in December 1959, Victoire Sidémèho Tomegah, wife of Dogbé, is from Badougbé on the shores of Lake Togo in the prefecture of Vo, the phosphate mining area. She began her professional career in the private sector after a master's degree in economics and…