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Brief History. This West African country was inhabited by native peoples when the Portuguese in the late 1400s. In 1884, the Germans made Togo a protectorate, but as in much of Africa, the aftermath of World War I left the country divvied up between Britain and France, an arrangement supported by the League of Nations. The British sector later became a part of Ghana, while the French portion became independent in 1960, becoming the Independent Republic of Togo. In 1967, a military coup overthrew the government. Lt. Col. Gnassingbe Eyadema was installed as president; he served until 1990, when democratic reformers forced him out. Though he briefly returned to serve in 1992, a new constitution (1992) and new elections (1994) changed the course of the government to multiparty democracy.
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