Monday, March 28, 2011

Anti-government protests in Togo

The Togolese opposition struggle on, even as popular rebellions sweep the arabic world. The government recently passed legislation banning demonstrations and street marches; recent protests against the act have been broken up by the police.

If this were taking place 1000 miles to the north, it would be front page news. Becauase it is happening in Togo, it is unimportant. That is as good a definition of "strategic" as any.

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