Togo’s first woman prime minister, Victoire Tomegah-Dogbé, appointed late last year, has her work cut out dealing with the country’s autocratic President Faure Gnassingbé, who has led Africa’s longest ruling family dynasty with an iron fist.

Tomegah-Dogbe was appointed as prime minister in September last year after Gnassingbé won a one-sided election, in which he suppressed opposition candidates, the media and civil society. The election extended his then 15-year rule. ..