Togo court confirms President Gnassingbe won April 25 election

Incumbent presidential candidate Faure Gnassingbe speaks at a campaign rally in Tado, Togo, April 13, 2015. Picture taken April 13, 2015. REUTERS/Noel Tadegnon

ACCRA (Reuters) - Togo's constitutional court on Sunday confirmed that Faure Gnassingbe won a third term as president with 58.77 percent of the vote in an election held on April 25, defeating opposition leader Jean-Pierre Fabre.

The victory in the largely peaceful election will extend the family's rule to more than half a century because Gnassingbe has been president since 2005 when his father died after 38 years in charge of the west African nation.