Word: olympio
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Gilchrist Olympio, leader of the opposition party in the recent presidential election in Togo, also spoke at the conference Saturday. Olympio survived a recent assassination attempt by Togolese authorities while campaigning in the northern part of Togo, according to a brief biography of Olympio handed out at the conference...
...Olympio spoke hopefully of the possibility for the emergence of democracy in many of the African countries currently ruled by force. Yet he warned against the use of force to oust a repressive regime, cautioning "it is extremely dangerous to use force with people who have guns...