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Togo security blocks opposition headquarters (AP)

March 8th, 2010

Togo security forces block off three roads leading to Togo's opposition party headquarters in Lome, Togo, Monday March 8, 2010. Police spokesman Col. Damehane Yark says police are there to prevent opposition supporters from blocking nearby boulevards. Togo's top opposition candidate Jean-Pierre Fabre vowed Sunday to take to the streets every day to protest what he says was an election rigged to favor the son of the country's longtime dictator. Fabre said they have proof that rulling party commited fraud to win the country's contentious Presidential elections. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)AP - Togo’s top opposition candidate said Monday that security forces have been provoking demonstrators with force, a day after the group staged protests claiming last week’s presidential election was rigged to favor the son of the country’s longtime dictator.


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