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Togo: Togo - Demonstrators Want President Faure Gnassingbe to Step Down
DW, 7 September 2017
Thousands marched through the streets of Lome for the second day running calling for president President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe to step down. Togo's opposition has been calling… Read more »
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Togo: 'People Are Fed Up'
DW, 7 September 2017
A huge rally for constitutional reform has taken place in Togo, a country presided over by one family for the past half-century. Opponents of the government want President Faure… Read more »
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Togo: Opposition Plans Big March for Reform
allAfrica, 5 September 2017
A coalition of opposition political parties on Monday called on the Togolese people to demonstrate for institutional and constitutional reforms, and more freedom and democracy in… Read more »
Togo Opposition Takes to The Streets
The opposition is protesting against Constitutional reform recently announced by President Faure Gnassingbé, who has ruled the West African nation since the death of his father in 2005. Gnassingbe Eyadema came to power in 1967, after a military coup that led to a one-party state. There were elections in 1993, 1998 and 2003, but all were either boycotted by the opposition or criticized as being unfair.
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Shocking images of the bodies of protesters - who had taken to the streets to demand democratic reforms - have started flooding social media in the country, writes Farida ... Read more »
