Low turnout in Togo municipal polls after deadly protests | Elections News

Heavy security presence in Lome amid public anger over leader Gnassingbe’s alleged power grab.

Togo has voted in municipal elections amid reports of voter apathy, after the country was rocked by deadly protests last month.

Polling stations in Togo’s capital Lome were largely deserted on Thursday. The low turnout came after June’s protests against constitutional reforms that could keep leader Faure Gnassingbe in power indefinitely.

Rights groups blamed the police for the deaths of seven…