29/6/2025–|Last update: 20:55 (Mecca time)
At least 3 people were killed, and dozens of others were injured during the opposition’s demonstrations in Lome, the capital of Togo in the last two days.
The artists, influencing social media, had mobilized the demonstrations that erupted in the past days against the President of the President of Ghannasingbi, who reached power to succeed his father more than 20 years ago, and recently made a constitutional amendment that allowed him to continue the ruling for a new period.
Although the authorities announced that the demonstrations are illegal and repressed strongly, the north of the capital, Lumi, witnessed violent confrontations yesterday, Saturday, between the protesters and the security forces, which caused many deaths and injuries.
The authorities cut the electrical current in the capital last Saturday night, raided the houses, and arrested the leaders of the popular protests.
For its part, human rights organizations and personalities in civil society condemned what it described as the excessive repression that the authorities implemented against the demonstrators who demand freedoms, provide opportunities for living, and create jobs for unemployed youth.
Emmanuel Sogadi said a association coordinator human rights In Togo, the force used to suppress the demonstrators was not appropriate, with the nature of the work of the demonstrators, saying that the repression does not solve any problem, and can exacerbate the situation.
Earlier this month, the authorities in Lome arrested a number of demonstrators who went to the street on the occasion of President Four Ghannasabi’s birthday and demanded that everyone participate in the management of government affairs.
In May, the Republic of Togo moved to a parliamentary regime, whereby Ghannasingbi became prime minister and leader of the ruling party, and he takes over all the tasks of the executive authority, and he is the supreme commander of the armed forces, while the position of President of the Republic became honorary.