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Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé was appointed as the African Union’s mediator for the ongoing conflict in eastern DR Congo.
The conflict in the mineral-rich region escalated this year after Rwanda-backed M23 rebel forces took control of major cities in the DR Congo’s east.
Gnassingbé takes over from Angolan President João Lourenço, who stepped down from the position he had held since 2022, a period in which little progress was made. A senior Congolese official told Semafor they had doubts about the impact African mediators could have on Rwanda.
“I’m not very optimistic about African mediation without strong US government pressure, we need this kind of pressure from Trump.”
