Togo's president seeks re-election to extend 50-year dynasty

Opposition leader and presidential candidate of ANC (National Alliance for Change) Jean-Pierre Fabre waves during a rally in Lome, Togo February 20, 2020. [Reuters]

Many people in Togo have only known just two presidents in their lifetime - Faure Gnassingbe, who is running for a fourth term in an election on Saturday, and his father Eyadema Gnassingbe - and some Togolese are sick of the long-running dynasty.

One such person is Farida Nabourema, 29, a pro-democracy activist who has organized protests calling for the president to step down. She is determined that her children should grow up under somebody other than a Gnassingbe, though she is realistic about the challenges.