Faure Gnassingbe facing criticism over changes to the country’s constitution that could keep him in power indefinitely.
Security forces used tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters who blocked roads in Togo’s capital to demand the resignation of longtime leader Faure Gnassingbe.
Hundreds of protesters set up concrete block barricades on Thursday in several neighbourhoods of Lome, with some burning tyres and throwing projectiles at security forces. Police dispersed dozens of the protesters with tear gas and arrested several people in the Be neighbourhood, an opposition stronghold.
The protests come as Gnassingbe faces increasing calls from critics to resign, over changes to the country’s constitution that could keep him in power indefinitely.
Civil society groups and social media influencers had called for protests from June 26-28, after the government’s clampdown on protests earlier this month.
