World IN BRIEF : TOGO : President Reelected in Unopposed Vote
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Gen. Gnassingbe Eyadema, the president of Togo, was reelected with an overwhelming 92% of the vote in elections boycotted by the opposition. Voter turnout in the tiny West African country of 3.2 million people was 36%. U.S. and German electoral observers left before the vote, saying that with no opposition, there was nothing to observe.
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