Lome (AFP) – Hundreds protest in the Togolese capital, Lome, against changes to the West African country’s constitution. The rally came a day after leader Faure Gnassingbe assumed a new role with no term limits. Gnassingbe, whose family has ruled Togo for nearly six decades, was sworn in on 3 May as the head of the majority in parliament, held by his UNIR party. Opposition parties and civil society have criticised the move, describing it as a “monarchical drift.”
