Eastern DRC: why João Lourenço proposes Faure Gnassingbé as mediator - Jeune Afrique.com

The Angolan President, also at the head of the African Union, has proposed the appointment of his Togolese counterpart, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, mediator in the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. A choice that still needs to be confirmed but which is based on multiple considerations.

After having withdrawn last March to officially focus on his missions as current president of the African Union, Angolan President João Lourenço, during a virtual meeting of the organisation's bureau on 5 April 2025, suggested that Togolese counterpart Faure Gnassingbé could resume mediation between the DRC and Rwanda...