These are the words of Rock Ahavi, the singer, founder and chief songwriter with Arka’n Asrafokor, the electrifying metal band putting their home country of Togo on the map.

Togo has seen years of resistance to the Gnassingbe family's rule. The president was first elected in 2005 to succeed his father, Gnassingbe Eyadema, who took office in a coup in 1967.

LOME, April 20 (Reuters) - Some of Togo's opposition parties and civil society groups on Saturday renewed their calls for widespread popular protests a day after lawmakers approved constitutional ...