Togo's political and economic systems have not changed as quickly as others in West Africa.
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Country Profile 2012: TOGO
- Thursday, 13 September 2012 16:15
Country Profile 2012: SIERRA LEONE
- Thursday, 13 September 2012 15:25
Ten years since the end of the civil war, but with an election due in 2012, political temperatures are running high.
Country Profile 2012: SENEGAL
- Thursday, 13 September 2012 14:48
Senegal's forthcoming 26 February presidential elections were the focus of the past year, and these polls are likely to dominate political, social and economic life even more as 2012 begins.
Country Profile 2012: NIGER
- Thursday, 13 September 2012 14:30
The regime is doing its best to ensure that memories of strongman Mamadou Tandja (1999-2010) fade quietly away.
Country Profile 2012: MALI
- Thursday, 13 September 2012 14:17
The year 2012 will be shaped by the April presidential elections. Mali has developed a stable democratic system in the past 20 years, since Amadou Toumani Touré (ATT) overthrew authoritarian leader Moussa Traoré in a coup then handed power over to a civilian government.
Country Profile 2012: LIBERIA
- Thursday, 13 September 2012 14:00
After winning Liberia's crucial elections in October-November 2011, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf faces the challenge of the slow withdrawal of peacekeepers and a newly hostile political environment.
Country Profile 2012: GUINEA-BISSAU
- Thursday, 13 September 2012 13:36
Political stability appears to have returned to Guinea-
Bissau. Despite a testy relationship between President Malam Bacai Sanhá and Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior, Gomes Junior has served an unprecedented three years in office.
Country Profile 2012: GUINEA
- Thursday, 13 September 2012 12:52
After completing the first stage of the transition that ended in the election of President Alpha Condé in November 2010, Guinea does not seem to have turned its back on old ethnic and political rivalries.
Country Profile 2012: GHANA
- Thursday, 13 September 2012 11:38
President John Atta Mills was to face the toughest political battle of his career ahead of Ghana's crunch election on 7 December 2012.
Country Profile 2012: GAMBIA
- Thursday, 13 September 2012 11:09
Gambians have come to realise that President Yayha Jammeh's hold on the reins of power may never be successfully challenged at the ballot box.
Country Profile 2012: CÔTE D'IVOIRE
- Thursday, 13 September 2012 10:22
Efforts to reinvigorate Côte d'Ivoire's economy after the disputed November 2010 elections have taken off, but President Alassane Ouattara's government faces the twin challenges of hauling the conflict-crippled economy to its feet while fostering reconciliation.
Country Profile 2012: CAPE VERDE
- Thursday, 13 September 2012 09:55
The end of Pedro Pires's presidential mandate and the death of former president Aristides Pereira, both leading figures in the struggle for independence, marked the end of an era in September 2011.
Country Profile 2012: BURKINA FASO
- Thursday, 13 September 2012 09:27
Political debates surrounding the country's first joint legislative and municipal elections and the role of constitutional term limits will dominate in 2012.

















