Holding Crucial But Delayed Togo Elections

by DC Editors - July 25, 2013

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Can African state hold free and fair vote amid delayed Togo elections and crippling partisanship?

Togo votes in long-delayed parliamentary polls

AFP – Voters in Togo queued up Thursday to cast ballots in parliamentary elections delayed by months of protests, with the opposition seeking to weaken the ruling family’s decades-long grip on power. Roughly two hours after, polling stations opened. | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

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