New track for Congo talks? AU proposes Togo leader as new mediator
Togolese President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbe delivers a speech during the United Nations climate change conference COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan on November 12, 2024.
African Union chairman João Lourenço has proposed that Togolese leader Faure Gnassingbé replace him as the AU mediator in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo conflict, sending mixed signals about the peace talks following the merger of the Luanda and Nairobi processes.
The Angolan leader held a virtual meeting with the African Union Bureau on the situation in eastern DRC on Saturday, during which he made the proposal, which was backed by the group.
