Togo split over controversial reform on eve of vote
Voice of America
FILE - Schoolgirls walk past election posters of Togo's incumbent President Faure Gnassingbe, presidential candidate of Union for the Republic, on the street in Lome, Togo, Feb. 21, 2020.
Togo on Monday holds legislative elections after a highly divisive constitutional reform that opponents say paves the way for President Faure Gnassingbe to further extend his family's decadeslong grip on power.
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