Paris, Sept 23, 2025 (AFP) - Togolese take protests online to circumvent repression at home

NAMPA / AFP
2025-09-23
Togolese artists and activists living abroad have responded to intimidation of anti-government protesters in the country by spearheading a digital revolt to keep up pressure on President Faure Gnassingbe to leave power. Young people in the tiny west African country began taking to the streets in June to protest at the arrest of government critics, a rise in electricity prices and, especially, the new constitution. The latter allows Gnassingbe, w......
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