Togo accepts AU mediator role in DR Congo conflict

Angola's President Joao Lourenco speaks during a press conference with unseen Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan following their meeting during Hassan's state visit at the Presidential Palace in Luanda on April 8, 2025. [AFP]

Togo's leader has accepted a role as the African Union's mediator in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Togolese foreign ministry said Sunday.

President Faure Gnassingbe will take over from Angolan President Joao Lourenco, who last month relinquished the role he was appointed to in 2022.