No new government in Togo, three months after power shift

It’s been more than three months since Faure Gnassingbé began his new term as President of Togo but so far, no new ministers have been named.

The delay follows a major constitutional reform that scrapped presidential elections and shifted the country to a parliamentary system. The opposition calls it a power grabdesigned to let Gnassingbé, in office since 2005, stay in power indefinitely.

For now, the outgoing government continues…