- Togo Introduction Geography People Government Economy Communications Transportation Military Transnational Issues Print This Frame Togo Introduction Top of Page Background: French Togoland became Togo in 1960. General Gnassingbe EYADEMA, installed as military ruler in 1967, is Africa's longest-serving head of state. Despite the facade of multiparty elections that resulted in EYADEMA's victory in ...www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/to.html