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Soldiers tear gas protesters demanding Faure Gnassingbé’s exit

Security forces fire tear gas to disperse crowds calling for President Faure Gnassingbé’s resignation in Togo

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June 27, 2025
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Clashes broke out between protesters and security forces in several parts of the capital of Togo, Lomé as President Faure Gnassingbé faced increasing pressure from critics over recent changes in the constitution that could effectively keep him in power indefinitely.

A heavy police presence could be seen throughout the capital, where many businesses remained closed. Hundreds of protesters set up concrete block barricades in several neighborhoods of Lomé, with some burning tires and throwing projectiles at security forces.

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Military jeeps were deployed as reinforcements in some areas. Police dispersed dozens of protesters with tear gas and arrested around 10 people in the Bè neighborhood, a stronghold of the opposition.

Civil society groups and social media influencers had called for protests on June 26, 27, and 28, after the government’s clampdown on protests early this month.

A coalition of political groups known as “Hands Off My Constitution” said in a Facebook post on Wednesday it “strongly urges Faure Gnassingbé to immediately and unconditionally release all of the roughly one hundred political prisoners, and to take urgent measures to restore purchasing power to the population.

It called for an “unprecedented peaceful demonstration.”

Faure Gnassingbé, leader of Togo, who has ruled since 2005 after the death of his father, was in May sworn in as President of the Council of Ministers. The powerful role has not official term limits and he is eligible to be re-elected by parliament indefinitely.

Opposition politicians have denounced the move as a “constitutional coup.”

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Faure Gnassingbé

Demonstrations are rare in Togo because they have been banned in the country since 2022 following a deadly attack at Lome’s main market.

But the latest change in government structure has been widely criticized in a region threatened by rampant coups and other threats to democracy.

Togo, one of Africa’s smaller nations, became a republic after gaining independence from France in 1960.

The early years of independence were turbulent, marked by a series of coup d’états that culminated in the rise of Eyadéma Gnassingbé in 1967.

He ruled the country with an iron grip for nearly four decades, fostering a single-party system and building a strong personality cult around his leadership.


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