Togo: Alleged Coup Attempt Tests Country's Stability

Lome — Tensions surrounding the recent arrest of the Togolese president's brother on coup-plotting charges and the detention of other civilians will test reconciliation efforts in the country, still recovering from 2005 election violence, civil society leaders say.

President Faure Gnassingbé came to power in a 2005 election that ended with violent military crackdowns on civilian protesters, with tens of thousands of people fleeing to neighbouring countries.

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