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Togo election set to stretch ruling family's rule

Togo votes Saturday in an election expected to see President Faure Gnassingbe claim a fourth term in power and extend his family's half-century domination of the West African nation

West African leaders break silence on Togo violence

West African leaders have made their first comments after two months of increasingly bloody violence in Togo, calling on the presidency and the opposition to sit down to talks

Togo opposition announces new anti-government demos

Togo's opposition on Monday announced three new marches against President Faure Gnassingbe, despite a ban on weekday protests and deadly clashes with the security forces

Togo opposition leader calls on France for help

French President Emmanuel Macron was on Friday urged to step in to help find a solution to an increasingly violent power struggle between Togo's opposition and the government

TOPSHOTS Tension in Togo over banned opposition marches

Several cities in Togo were tense on Wednesday following clashes between opposition supporters

Four dead in northern Togo after imam arrested

Two teenagers were among four people killed in violence in Togo's second city after an imam close to the main opposition was arrested

Violent clashes in northern Togo after imam arrested

Violence broke out in Togo's second city, Sokode, after the arrest of an imam close to the country's main opposition, fuelling tensions after weeks of anti-government protests

Togo's capital tense after opposition call to stay home

Togo's capital was in security lockdown Friday with large numbers of police deployed and many businesses shuttered after opposition parties called for strikes marking the weekend deaths of two anti-government protesters