TOGO: Forces clash with protesters as constitution debate flares

 Security forces in Togo’s capital Lome fired teargas on Wednesday at rock-throwing protesters who were demanding an end to a half-century of Gnassingbe family rule. The clashes, seen by a Reuters witness, came two days after three people were killed in violence in the centre of the country.  The killings reignited a mass protest movement […]

 Security forces in Togo’s capital Lome fired teargas on Wednesday at rock-throwing protesters who were demanding an end to a half-century of Gnassingbe family rule. The clashes, seen by a Reuters witness, came two days after three people were killed in violence in the centre of the country.  The killings reignited a mass protest movement against President Faure Gnassingbe, who succeeded his late father Eyadema in 2005.  Opposition activists have been demonstrating since August against Gnassingbe’s rule and say a constitutional reform he has proposed will allow him to rule the West African country until 2030.