Submit your comments on this article |
Africa: Subsaharan |
Togo Clashes After Disputed Poll, Rivals Reach Deal |
2005-04-26 |
![]() Polling day clashes killed at least one person and on Monday Togo's tense capital Lome rang with sporadic bursts of gunfire and the pop of tear gas canisters. "If they declare Faure (Gnassingbe) the winner, this place is going to go up in flames. This is only the beginning," said Sassou Achou, a 28-year-old opposition supporter, before the presidential poll result expected possibly on Tuesday. In Lome's Adakpame suburb, small groups of youths with sticks, rocks and machetes burned tires and security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades as they tried to advance to douse the flames. |
Posted by:Fred |