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Son of ex-Togo leader wins poll

LOME (TOGO): Electoral officials announced on Tuesday that the son of the dictator who ruled Togo for nearly four decades has been elected to succeed his late father, prompting angry protests by Opposition supporters.

Faure Gnassingbe won 60 per cent of the votes in Sunday's violence-scarred balloting, or 1.4 million votes, said the Electoral Commission Chairwoman Kissem Tchangai Wala. The main Opposition candidate Bob Akitani took 8 per cent, or 841,000 votes, she told reporters. ``I'm very happy with these results. Democracy states that the candidate with the majority of the votes wins — and the population has voted for its President,'' Komi Koassou, campaign director for Faure's pary, told reporters. Mr. Gnasingbe and a senior figure from Akitani's party had agreed on Monday in Nigeria that whoever won would form a Government of national unity. — AP

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