| Togo's main opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio has criticised the military junta for ignoring the constitution on the death of president Gnassingbe Eyadema, which calls for free elections. Eyadema died on Saturday after 38 years in power and Togo's army chiefs immediately invested his son Faure Gnassingbe as president. The military has suspended the constitution, which stipulates the head of the national assembly should assume power on the death of the president with elections held within 60 days. The influential African Union (AU) condemned the move and its President Alpha Umar Konare called the installing of Gnassingbe's son by the army "a military coup". |