Low turnout in Togo municipal polls after deadly protests
Polling stations in Togo's capital Lome were largely deserted on Thursday, following a rise in public anger over constitutional changes that could extend leader Faure Gnassingbe's rule indefinitely.
We’re hungry. Nothing works for Togolese youth anymore, that’s why we’re going out to protest this morning, said Kossi Albert, a 30-year-old unemployed man.
