Togo holds key parliament ballot after divisive reform
Voice of America
FILE - A billboard of Faure Gnassingbe is pictured on a street in Lome, Togo, Feb. 19, 2020.
Togolese began voting in legislative elections on Monday after a divisive constitutional reform that opponents say allows President Faure Gnassingbe to extend his family's decades-long grip on power.
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