Togo opposition, top party make a power share deal

Togo's opposition and the ruling party say they've struck a deal to form a power-sharing government after a disputed March election.

The opposition candidate continues to claim he won the vote and is planning street demonstrations to protest the constitutional court's ruling that handed victory to Faure Gnassingbe, son of the country's longtime dictator.

But the opposition party's leader, Gilchrist Olympio, has forged ahead in negotiating a power-sharing agreement with Gnassingbe's party.

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