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‘Quit or expect more protests,’ rival tells Togo’s president

The head of Togo’s main opposition alliance has told President Faure Gnassingbe to quit power immediately or expect more protests against his family’s 50-year rule, Reuters news agency reports:

 

He has to leave now. We will not accept him staying on any longer. The Togolese are fed up.”

Jean-Pierre FabreHead of the National Alliance for Change

Over the past three days, hundreds of thousands of Togolese have heeded a call from the oppositon to stage protests across the country to demand constitutional reform, including reduced presidential term limits.

We reported earlier that police had used tear gas to disperse demonstrators at an overnight sit-in in the capital, Lomé.

Holding up what appears to be used tear gas canister, this protester told Reuters news agency a few hours ago:

Look at what they used to gas us yesterday.

It’s unbelievable, this country is just abnormal.”

A protester holds up a can of CS spray

Reuters

Reuters news agency has also filed these photos, showing police using tear gas against protesters who have been burning tires in Lome’s opposition stronghold of Be:

A burning stall

Reuters

Protesters shout with rocks in their hands

Reuters

An officer is seen loading what appears to be a canister of tear gas

Reuters

An officer is seen loading what appears to be a canister of tear gas
An officer is seen firing tear gas at protesters

Reuters

An officer is seen firing tear gas at protesters
A man holds rocks in both hands as weapons

Reuters

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