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Togo

May 3, 2005Faure Gnassingbe, the son of the former president of Togo, was named president of Togo. Eighteen thousand five hundred people have fled Togo as a result of election violence.
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Reuters

April 25, 2005 Elections were held in Togo, followed by street battles and at least three deaths.
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Street battles follow Togo poll

April 18, 2005Six died when an election rally in Togo turned violent.
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BBC News

February 25, 2005The president of Togo stepped down.
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USA Today

February 18, 2005 Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe promised to hold elections within sixty days; Gnassingbe took control of the presidency after the former president, his father, died in office.
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BBC News

October 9, 2001 Police in Togo raided a church whose pastor was suspected of Satanism, and found a panther's pelt, hyena paws, vulture eggs, and a hunchback's hump.

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