Faure Gnassingbe Re-elected

The president of Togo's election commission has declared Faure Gnassingbe winner of the presidential race with 60.91 percent of the vote. Issifou Tabio says provisional results show that Faure Gnassingbe won 1.2 million votes of the 2 million votes cast. Opposition leader Jean-Pierre Fabre (UFC) received 692.584 votes (33.94%). Abalo Assih police spokesman says officers in the capital earlier fired tear gas on some 200 protesters angry that the opposition party was trailing.