2010–2011 Togolese protests

December 2020 2010–2011 Togolese protests March 7, 2010 – May 2011 Togo Alleged electoral fraud during the 2010 Togolese presidential election Violence against women Resignation of President Faure Gnassingbe Fresh elections Democracy and New elections Protests suppressed by force The 2010–2011 Togolese protests were riots and demonstrations and strikes against the government and results of the 2010 Togolese presidential election. Protests began in March 2010. Protests saw violence against each other, stand-offs with police and brutality. As protests escalated and snowballed into a movement, more violence and crackdowns followed, with injuries and deaths reported on both sides. Background Gnassingbé defeated Jean-Pierre Fabre in the 2010 Togolese presidential election held on 4 March. Fabre's supporters ignored a government ban on protests on 7 March 2010 and faced off with security forces who blocked their access to the Bè neighbourhood.http://www.liberation.fr/planete/2010/03/09/togo-face-a-face-entre-police-et-opposition-a-lome_614127 Togo: face-à-face entre police et opposition à Lomé French Libération AFP 9 March 2010 5 January 2018 Opposition supporters held a demonstration on 9 March 2010. Those who resisted the security forces were sprayed with tear gas. Some demonstrators threw stones at the police and burned cars.http://observers.france24.com/fr/20100309-violences-apres-interdiction-marche-opposition-lome-togo-ufc-fabre Violences après l’interdiction de la marche d’opposition à Lomé French Les Observateurs France 24 9 March 2010 5 January 2018 On 12 February 2011, about 15,000 opposition protesters marched through Lomé and called for the resignation of Gnassingbé's administration and the holding of free and fair elections. Claude Améganvi of the Workers' Party said the march was also in support of the Egyptian revolution of 2011 as part of the wider Arab Spring in Northern Africa.http://www.togoactualite.com/marche-de-protestation-du-frac-de-samedi-les-manifestants-demandent-la-demission-de-faure-gnassingbe/ Marche de protestation du FRAC de samedi : Les manifestants demandent la démission de Faure Gnassingbé Togo Actualité French 15 February 2011 5 January 2018 On 17 March 2011, security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets on protesters in Lomé, who threw stones at them and burned tires.Kaglan Erick http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/17/togo.protest.clash/index.html Togolese security forces clash with opposition militants CNN 17 March 2011 5 January 2018 2011 student riots On July 8, students and government representatives signed a formal agreement allowing current students to continue on the classic academic system or switch to the LMD system at their option and which stated that the government would invest 2.4 billion CFA francs (roughly US$4,800,000) into the construction of new lecture halls and versatile teaching blocks at the University of Lomé and the University of Kara.Government and students reach an agreement http://www.republicoftogo.com/Toutes-les-rubriques/In-English/Government-and-students-reach-an-agreement 2011-07-08 RepublicOfTogo.com 2011-09-01 See also Protests against Faure Gnassingbe 2017–2018 Togolese protests References Protests Protests Togo Togo Category:Protests in Togo Category:Riots and civil disorder in Africa Category:Strikes in Africa Category:Protests against results of elections