World IN BRIEF : TOGO : Conference Strips President of Power
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A national conference in Togo, boldly defying its suspension by President Gnassingbe Eyadema, stripped him of most of his powers and elected Kokou Koffigoh as prime minister. A wave of strikes in June forced Eyadema to yield to demands for the national conference.
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