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Radio France Internationale
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Zeenat Hansrod with RFI

Togo's opposition urges mass protests over delayed elections

A billboard of President Faure Gnassingbe, presidential candidate of UNIR (Union for the Republic), on a street in Lome, in February 2020. © Reuters / Luc Gnago

Togo's opposition has called for a three-day mass protest against the delay of this month's parliamentary elections – due in two weeks – which the government said would allow for a second reading of a contested constitutional reform.

The opposition accuses President Faure Gnassingbe of hijacking power in a bid to rule indefinitely following parliament's approval of the reform, which would switch the country from a presidential to a parliamentary system.

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