On Tuesday, 29 September 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 was on an official visit to the country.

The Congolese envoy, tasked with delivering a written communication from his counterpart in Kinshasa, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, told reporters after 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 used the occasion to present a detailed assessment of recent progress on demobilisation programmes for armed groups, a crucial step taken by Kinshasa to establish a lasting climate of peace in the country’s eastern region.

This audience forms part of Togo’s diplomatic commitments to support pacification and the restoration of lasting stability in the DRC and across the wider Great Lakes region.

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Appointed African Union mediator in April 2025 to address this regional crisis, Faure Gnassingbé has since intensified 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 harmonise peace initiatives for a definitive resolution of the conflict.

By Boureima Amadou — Reporter