Anti-riot police try to stop phosphate miners from meeting with company management during a demonstration by workers in the streets of Hahatoé, a mining village 40 kilometre north of Lome, on September 8, 2016. The 1500 phosphate miners, employees of New Society of Togolese Phosphate (SNPT), demonstrated in the streets of Hahatoé, a mining village 40 kilometre north of Lome to press for a salary increase and better working condition. The Togolese mining sector is centred mainly around the extraction of phosphate, which used to be the heartbeat of the country's economy. / AFP PHOTO / EMILE KOUTONEMILE KOUTON/AFP/Getty Images