“Physically I’m very weak but spiritually and mentally I am strong,” says Nicodeme Ayao Habia, president of an opposition party in Togo on Friday — day 10 of his hunger strike.
Habia lies on a mat in front of the Ghanaian embassy in Lome, where he is demanding the release of protesters who have been detained for months after demonstrating against the ruling regime.
“Doctors come every day, I get seen by them. The rest is up to me. If I can make this sacrifice for change in my country, I should do it.
“I don’t fear for my life, what’s important for me is the release of the prisoners,” he says.
“I’m here to show the world what’s happening in Togo.”
The West African bloc ECOWAS stepped in early this year to negotiate between…
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