Togo: Opposition calls for postponement of presidential election

An alliance of six opposition parties in Togo has urged the government to postpone presidential elections due on 24 April, saying free and fair polls cannot be organised in such a short space of time. The opposition parties, who support the candidature of Emmanuel Bob Akitani, called for the postponement and stronger international involvement in the electoral process at a rally of several thousand people in the capital Lome on Saturday.