Togo’s Faure Gnassingbé emerges as key mediator in Mali crisis

A week after the release of 82 Malian soldiers held by the FLA and JNIM, the separatists released two Wagner mercenaries on 20 August. Treading a thin line between the Malian junta and the separatists, Togo’s Faure Gnassingbé has become the regional mediator no one expected.

Togo’s Faure Gnassingbé emerges as key mediator in Mali crisis
A week after the release of 82 Malian soldiers held by the FLA and JNIM, the separatists released two Wagner mercenaries on 20 August. Treading a thin line between the Malian junta and the separatists, Togo’s Faure Gnassingbé has become the regional mediator no one expected.