Togo split over controversial reform on eve of vote
3 years agoSupporters of opposition party Dynamics for the Majority of the People (DMP) cheer as they campaign through the streets in Lome on April 27, 2024. - Togolese go to the polls on April 29, 2024 to elect new lawmakers and the country's first regional representatives after the election date was postponed several times by the government. Critics say the switch from a presidential to a parliamentary system is a tool to help President Faure Gnassingbe, already in office since 2005, extend his grip on power. (Photo by Dodo ADOGLI / AFP)
Togo, will on Monday hold legislative elections after a highly divisive constitutional reform that opponents say paves the way for President Faure Gnassingbe further to extend his family's decades-long grip on power.
