Togo moves to block poll protest Tensions high as government
forces temporarily surround oppositon headquarters. Last
Modified: 08 Mar 2010 22:02 GMT Fabre has vowed the opposition
will stage protests over the election result [AFP]  Togo's
government has moved to block a planned rally by opposition
parties to protest against the result of the country's
presidential election, won by Faure Gnassingbe, the incumbent
president.  Tensions have run high in the West African state in
the wake of the elections, with the opposition announcing it
would hold demonstrations on Tuesday.  But police have moved to
prevent opposition protests, temporarily sealing off the alleys
leading to the headquarters of the opposition.  "Demonstrations
on the public street cannot be organised on working days,
because they interrupt activities," Pascal Bodjoma, a government
spokesman, was quoted by the AFP news agency as saying.  Traffic
disrupted  Jean-Pierre Fabre, the country's opposition leader,
who was stranded outside his party head