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Backgrounder: Key facts
about Togo
Profile: Togo's ruling party
presidential candidate Faure Gnassingbe
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A Togolese opposition supporter
sets roadblock and burns tires on election day in the capital Lome April
24, 2005. Polling stations in Togo closed on Sunday after a tense day
of voting for a new president to replace Africa's longest-serving leader,
who died in February after 38 years in office.(Xinhua/AFP
Photo)
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BEIJING, April 25 -- At least three people have been
killed and 13 others injured, three by firearms, as voting in presidential
elections ended in the Togolese capital Lome.
Security forces in Togo's capital fired tear gas to
disperse youths in the opposition stronghold after a tense presidential poll on
Sunday.
Weeks of opposition protests demanding a delay and
deadly battles between rival supporters armed with machetes have fuelled fears
of more violence in the West African country.
There were isolated skirmishes between rival
supporters on Sunday but no explosion of violence as feared. Enditem
(Source: CRIENGLISH.com)
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