Togo Ruling Party Extends Majority After Elections
Opposition hopes of obtaining the parliamentary majority necessary to push through needed reforms have been dashed, with provisional results suggesting the ruling party has increased its number of seats.
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Togo:
Polls Dash Reform Hopes
ThinkAfricaPress, 2 August 2013
Togo's ruling party has extended its majority in parliament, according to provisional results released by the nation's electoral commission on Sunday, helping entrench a family… Read more »
Queuing to vote. (file photo)
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Togo:
Ruling Party Gains Seats in Togo Election
VOA, 28 July 2013
Initial results from Togo show the ruling party of President Faure Gnassingbe gaining seats in Thursday's parliamentary elections. Read more »
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Togo:
Thousands of Police Officers Deployed Before Poll
DW, 25 July 2013
Polling stations have opened in Togo after two delays within a year. The country's 3 million voters are set to select new parliamentarians from more than 1,100 candidates. Read more »
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Togo:
Nation Elects New Parliament
AEP, 25 July 2013
About 3.3 million registered Togolese voters will cast ballots today in 7,600 polling stations to select 91 parliamentarians out of about 1,174 contesting candidates from the… Read more »
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Togo:
Togo Holds Elections Thursday Amid Frustration With Ruling Party
VOA, 24 July 2013
The small West African nation of Togo is holding legislative elections on Thursday amid signs voters are increasingly fed up with the ruling party. Analysts say in order to win,… Read more »
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West Africa:
Ecowas Call for Peaceful Elections in Mali, Guinea Bissau, Togo
AEP, 19 July 2013
The 43rd ordinary session of the authority of the heads of state and government of the Economic Community of West African states (ECOWAS) rounded off on Thursday in Abuja with an… Read more »
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Togo:
AU Chairperson Approves the African Union Election Observation Mission to the Parliamentary Elections in Togo - 21 July 2013
African Union, 21 June 2013
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission has approved the deployment of the African Union Election Observation Mission (AU-EOM) on the occasion of the Parliamentary… Read more »
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Togo:
Ruling Party Expected to Win Poll, Despite 'Frustration'
DW, 25 July 2013
Togo voted on Thursday in parliamentary elections delayed by months of protests, with the opposition seeking to weaken the ruling family's decades-long grip on power. Read more »
InFocus
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Amid signs that voters are increasingly fed-up with the ruling party, the country holds delayed legislative polls. Read more »
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Ahead of parliamentary elections expected this month, a wave of protests by opposition groups and a heavy-handed clampdown by security forces have set the scene for a tense ... Read more »
