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Togo authorities fire tear gas at latest protest

AFP

Togolese security forces on Tuesday fired tear gas to disperse the latest in a string of protests demanding electoral reforms ahead of parliamentary polls expected in October in the West African nation. A crowd had gathered in the Be-Chateau neighbourhood of the capital Lome, but tear gas was fired…