Togolese opposition parties have begun a fresh wave of protests against the regime of President Faure Gnassingbe.<\/p>\n
The protests are taking place in centers such as Be\u2019 and Agoe, close to the country\u2019s capital, Lome.<\/p>\n
The latest round of protests follow a recent demonstration which claimed the lives of seven citizens in Sokode, a city north of the capital Lome.<\/p>\n
The protesters are demanding a return to the 1992 Constitution of Togo which puts term limits on the presidency.<\/p>\n
A local journalist with Radio Pyramid in Lome, told Citi News<\/strong> that the leaders of the demonstration have said they will not relent in their efforts to ensure that the country returns to constitutional rule.<\/p>\n Faure Gnassingbe has been President of Togo for 12 years.<\/p>\n Prior to his election as president, he was appointed by his father, President\u00a0Gnassingb\u00e9 Eyad\u00e9ma, as Minister of Equipment, Mines, Posts, and Telecommunications, serving from 2003 to 2005.<\/p>\n Following Eyad\u00e9ma’s death in 2005, Gnassingb\u00e9 was installed as President with support from the\u00a0army. Doubts regarding the constitutional legitimacy of the succession led to heavy regional pressure being placed on Gnassingb\u00e9, and he subsequently resigned on 25 February.<\/p>\n He then won a controversial\u00a0presidential election\u00a0on 24 April 2005, and was sworn in as President. Gnassingb\u00e9 was\u00a0re-elected\u00a0for a second term in 2010.<\/p>\n In the\u00a0April 2015 presidential election, Gnassingb\u00e9 won a third term, defeating his main challenger,\u00a0Jean-Pierre Fabre, by a margin of about 59% to 35%, according to official results.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Togolese opposition parties have begun a fresh wave of protests against the regime of President Faure Gnassingbe. The protests are taking place in centers such as Be\u2019 and Agoe, close to the country\u2019s capital, Lome. The latest round of protests follow a recent demonstration which claimed the lives of seven citizens in Sokode, a city […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107,11],"tags":[10854,10855,10856,10857],"yoast_head":"\n