多哥4人死於反政府抗議示威

At least four people have been killed across the small West African nation of Togo in clashes between security forces and protesters demanding an end to the rule of President Faure Gnassingbe.

Security Minister Colonel Damehame Yark said Wednesday that one person was shot dead in the capital, Lome, while three others were killed in Togo's second-largest city of Sokode, located more than 300 kilometers north of Lome.

Yark says 60 demonstrators were arrested in Wednesday's clashes.

Opposition leaders have planned two days of demonstrations against President Gnassingbe, who has been in power since 2005, succeeding his late father. Protests have broken out across Togo since August over the current president's proposal to amend the constitution by removing presidential term limits, which could potentially allow him to stay in office until at least 2030.

The elder Gnassingbe himself served as president of Togo from 1968 until his death.在非洲西部國家多哥，至少4人死於安全部隊和抗議者的衝突。抗議者要求停止納辛貝總統的執政。

安全部長亞爾克上校星期三說，在首都洛美，一人被槍打死，三人在離洛美300多公里的多哥第二大城市索科德喪生。

亞爾克說，星期三的衝突中，有60名抗議者被逮捕。

反對派領導人計劃連續兩天舉行反對納辛貝總統的視爲。納辛貝總統2005年接替他的父親擔任總統，從那以來一直執政。今年8月，納辛貝總統提議修改憲法，取消對總統任期的限制，這樣他有可能執政到2030年。隨後在戈多各地爆發了抗議活動。

現任總統的父親老納辛貝從1968年開始擔任多哥總統，直至去世。