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![[Togo] Ahlimba does the same teaching job as her two male colleagues but because the Togolese government cannot afford her salary she relies on contributions from the parents of her pupils. Anfoin-Tota, Togo, February 2005.](/s3/files/styles/media_list_large_2x/public/images/20052239.jpg?itok=nEsWMBOB "Ahlimba with her state-salaried colleagues. When parents don't have the cash, she doesn't get paid")
![[Togo] Emmanuel Bob-Akitani has been chosen as the candidate for the six-party opposition coalition. He will contest the 24 April presidential election against Faure Gnassingbe.](/s3/files/styles/media_list_large_2x/public/images/20053153.jpg?itok=QqSKmEf2 "Le candidat de l'opposition Emmanuel Bob-Akitani est actuellement hospitalisé en France")
![[Togo] Augustin Dokla is HIV-positive since 1994.](/s3/files/styles/media_list_large_2x/public/images/20053154.jpg?itok=9c0cVTuA "Augustin Dokla was diagnosed as HIV-positive in 1994")
![[Togo] Faure Gnassingbe has caused uproar at home and abroad after seizing power following his father's death.](/s3/files/styles/media_list_large_2x/public/images/20052192.jpg?itok=wFA_70SW "Gnassingbe says he wants to work with the opposition")
![[Togo] Thousands demonstrate for the elections to be delayed so that they can be conducted freely and fairly.
Lome, March 2005.](/s3/files/styles/media_list_large_2x/public/images/20053281.jpg?itok=7QaVZVmI "Des manifestants réclamant la présence de forces de maintien de la paix de l'ONU pour superviser les prochaines élections présidentielles")
![[Togo] Women dressed in red to symbolise blood and danger demonstrate in Lome on February 27 2005 against the attempt by Gnassingbe Eyadema's family to cling to power following the death in office of the long-serving president.](/s3/files/styles/media_list_large_2x/public/images/20052288.jpg?itok=kAFKk6hh "Women dressed in red to symbolise blood and danger protest against the Eyadema family's attempt to stay in power")
![[Togo] Abass Bonfoh, Deputy President of the National Assembly of Togo, who was promoted to President of the National Assembly and interim head of state in the early hours of February 26 2005.](/s3/files/styles/media_list_large_2x/public/images/20052287.jpg?itok=UyQXWJBD "Abass Bonfoh, Togo's new interim head of state")
![[Togo] Young opposition protestors man a barricade in the Be district of Lome, an opposition stronghold in the capital of Togo, February 26 2005.](/s3/files/styles/media_list_large_2x/public/images/20052289.jpg?itok=tHjQ79Ft "Opposition youths manning the barricades in Be at the weekend")
![[Togo] Billboard in Togolese capital, Lome showing the man who ruled over this West African nation for 38 years, Gnassingbe Eyadema. February 2005.](/s3/files/styles/media_list_large_2x/public/images/20052218.jpg?itok=zs5-c5OS "Finding a successor for Gnassingbe Eyadema. No date for elections yet")
