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Friends,
Togo's New Leader?
There is another obvious turn to the
Togo's constitutional/unconstitutional
political.... After Faure surrendered
the presidency, what became of Fambare
Natchaba Ouattara, the parliamentary
speaker who should have succeeded the
late Gnassingbe Eyadema?
Cheers!
Richard
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BBC NEWS: Monday, 28 February, 2005, 18:14 GMT
Africa envoys see new Togo leader
A delegation of West African leaders has arrived in Togo for their first talks with interim leader Abass Bonfoh. The talks are expected to focus on presidential elections due in April.
Mr Bonfoh was named as Togo's new president after strong international condemnation of the "coup" which led to Faure Gnassingbe succeeding his father.
After West Africa imposed sanctions, Mr Faure stepped down on Friday but said he would contest the elections as the candidate of the ruling party.
Meanwhile, the man who was originally in line to become president after the death of Gnassingbe Eyadema has said he remains "the constitutional president of Togo".
"I have no other ambition than to organise fair, democratic, transparent presidential elections open to all," former parliamentary speaker Fambare Natchaba Ouattara told French radio.
Debris
The presidents of Niger and Mali, Tanja Mamadou and Amadou Toumani Toure respectively, are expected to meet the opposition, as well as Mr Bonfoh. As they arrived, the police were clearing away the debris after hundreds of opposition supporters took to the streets of the capital, Lome.
The police intervened after protesters gathered on main roads close to the Be area, an opposition stronghold.
The protesters, who threw stones and tried to erect barricades, said the constitution was still being violated.
They called for Mr Natchaba to take over as interim president.
After Mr Faure stepped down, regional body Ecowas lifted the sanctions it had imposed on Togo.
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