Togo’s new President Faure Gnassingbe and his chief opponent were in the Nigerian capital Abuja today to discuss power sharing in his tiny West African nation, still tense after last month’s presidential ballot.

The number of people who have fled crisis-hit Togo rose to 22,600 today, but the flow of refugees from the tiny West African nation has slowed sharply in recent days, the UN refugee agency said.

AT LEAST six people, three soldiers and three civilians, were killed in protests that broke out after Faure Gnassingbe, the son of Togo’s late dictator, was declared the winner of presidential elections, officials said yesterday.

At least six people were killed in violent protests that broke out after the son of Togo’s late dictator was declared the winner of presidential elections, officials said today.

At least three soldiers were killed in violent protests that broke out after the son of Togo’s late dictator was declared the winner of presidential elections, officials said today.