Togo Election Rivals Claim Victory

Togo's incumbent president and his main rival have both claimed victory ahead of the announcement of official results in the West African nation's presidential election.

Election officials said Mr Faure Gnassingbe, the incumbent, and the opposition leader Jean-Pierre Fabre, were nearly neck-and-neck following Sunday's poll, with one-third of precincts counted by Friday afternoon, the Associated Press news agency reported.

Official results were to be announced later on Saturday, but both parties had already claimed victory by late Friday.Read More Story,http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/03/201036142140842269.html

Togo Election Rivals Claim Victory