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Togo Heads to Polls Amid Claims of Power Grab

Millions of Togolese are heading to vote in the country's legislative and regional elections amid accusations that President Faure Gnassingbe wants to extend his grip on power after MPs signed off on changes to the Constitution, a move that takes the West African nation from a presidential system to a parliamentary one.

The opposition have denounced the reform as a ploy by the president and his ruling Union for the Republic party - which has a majority in the National Assembly - to get around presidential term limits.

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President Faure Gnassingbé

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