Togo’s parliamentary election: Why all eyes are on President Gnassingbe

New changes to the constitution mean presidential polls are likely to be scrapped, leaving lawmakers as the kingmakers. Some 4.2 million eligible Togolese voters are heading to the polls on Monday to vote in delayed and controversial parliamentary elections that are causing tensions in a West African region already plagued by instability. Unlike in previous elections in which voters in the country of eight million people elected both legislators to the country’s parliament, as well as the president, this time around, they will only be taking part in an indirect...