Prime Minister of Togo, Komi Klassou and his government have resigned. In a statement from the Togolese Presidency, President Faure Gnassingbe congratulated Prime Minister Komi Klassou and his team for their “outstanding economic, political, and social efforts and the encouraging results despite the health crisis around the world.”
President Faure Gnassingbe has been President of Togo since 2005, taking over shortly after the demise of his father, Gnassingbe Eyadema who ruled the country of eight million people for 38 years. Komi Klassou served as Prime Minister since 2015.