Election Day

BBC: Togo hopes for more peaceful presidential election: Polls are to open shortly in the presidential election in the west African state of Togo. President Faure Gnassingbe is running for a second term, and his main challenger is Jean Pierre Fabre of the Union of Forces for Change. The vote is being closely watched by the international community amid hopes of avoiding repetition of the violence that marred the last election. All parties have been stressing the need for a peaceful poll. President Gnassingbe is hoping to be re-elected in circumstances that will win the approval that was so lacking at the last election. For full article click here.