Togo Returns to the Streets to Stop 'Unfair' Legislative Elections

17 December 2018
analysis

The government seems determined to hold elections on 20 December and extend President Gnassingbé's rule, by any means necessary.

Togo is no stranger to political violence. Since the 1963 coup that claimed the life of the country's first president and founding father, the West African republic has repeatedly witnessed political killings, human rights violations and other deadly violence. Saturday 8 December, a grim day for the Togolese people, was the latest incident of this as security forces fired on protesters. Since that day, at least four people have been killed and tensions continue to escalate.

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