Profile: Togo in crisis following contested presidential election

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MADELEINE BRAND
NPR Special
04-28-2005
Profile: Togo in crisis following contested presidential election

Host: MADELEINE BRAND
Time: 4:00-5:00 PM

MADELEINE BRAND, host:

I'm Madeleine Brand, and this is DAY TO DAY.

Togo is a tiny country in deep trouble. The West African nation has five million people; two of them claimed to be Togo's duly elected leader after Sunday's presidential election. Officials handed victory to the governing party's candidate on Tuesday, but yesterday, the opposition's man said he was the rightful winner. NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, in the Togolese capital Lome, has ...

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