Faure Gnassingbé's new role has no official term limits and his critics say it is a "coup d'état".
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Doctors without Borders (MSF) said its hospital was attacked as fears grow of a return to civil war in South Sudan.
Ali Laarayedh is the latest high-profile critic of the president to be jailed as campaigners slam "sham trials".
Tidjane Thiam is challenging a court decision removing him from the electoral roll ahead of October's poll.
Tidjane Thiam is challenging a court decision removing him from the electoral roll ahead of October's poll.
Tidjane Thiam has been banned from standing in October's elections in Ivory Coast. So what is his next move?
Tidjane Thiam has been banned from standing in October's elections in Ivory Coast. So what is his next move?
Lydia Mugambe kept a young woman as an unpaid nanny and maid at her home in Oxfordshire.
The social media giant has challenged demands to pay $290m over regulatory violations.
Tidjane Thiam is challenging a court decision removing him from the electoral roll ahead of October's poll.
