Togo’s mediation turns the page: Faure Gnassingbé receives Kinshasa’s envoy in Lomé
On Tuesday, September 29, 2026, Togo’s president of the Council, Faure Gnassingbé, granted an audience in Lomé to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s minister of regional integration, Floribert Anzuluni, who is on an official visit to the country.
The Congolese envoy, who came to deliver a written communication to Togo’s president of the Council from his counterpart in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, said as he left the meeting: “We were dispatched to the president of the Council to bring him a special message from President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi. This letter concerns the pacification process in eastern DRC, in which His Excellency Faure Gnassingbé plays a central role as the African Union mediator.”
The Congolese minister took the opportunity to present a detailed overview of recent progress on programs to demobilize armed groups, a crucial step taken by Kinshasa to establish a lasting climate of peace in the eastern part of the country.
This audience falls squarely within Togo’s diplomatic commitments to support pacification and the restoration of lasting stability in the DRC as well as throughout the Great Lakes region.
Appointed African Union mediator in April 2025 to address this regional crisis, Faure Gnassingbé has since stepped up diplomatic exchanges and consultations with the various stakeholders. Under his leadership, the Togolese capital has hosted several summits and strategic meetings bringing together African facilitators. These concerted efforts aim to advance political dialogue, consolidate ceasefire commitments and harmonize peace initiatives in favor of a definitive resolution of the conflict.
