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    HALL OF INFAMY

    Dec 18, 2019 2 minutes

    FAURE GNASSINGBÉ

    JOB: President of Togo

    REPUTATION: Family dictatorship record holder

    The people of Togo have had more than enough of the Gnassingbe clan. The dynasty – first father, now son – have been running the small West African state like their own personal fiefdom since 1967, thus giving them a couple of years on the delightful Assads in Syria. The corrupt father Eyadema, a veteran of the French

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