Togo Groups Say Recent Protests Left 7 Dead

Togo's Gendarmerie has so far only reported two deaths, from drowning (Credit: AFP)

At least seven people were killed and many others wounded during recent anti-government protests in the Togolese capital Lome, according to an initial count civic groups gave journalists Sunday.

Campaigning groups and rights organisations denounced "abuses committed by members of the Togolese security forces and militias", and said seven bodies had been recovered from rivers in the capital.