Women in a trance-like state call curses on the government during a march in Togo's capital Lome on September 20, 2012, organised by Let's Save Togo, an opposition and civil society coalition that has called on President Faure Gnassingbe to resign. FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Togo's government has banned a series of planned opposition protests on security grounds, saying the marches posed a security risk.
A coalition of 14 opposition parties announced earlier this week that they would boycott a parliamentary election planned for December 20 and instead try to stop the electoral process.
