Does Togo Play the Bridge Between Paris and Niamey?

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The Alliance of Sahel States (AES, composed of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso) was at the center of discussions this weekend in Lomé. "Togo is ready to put its mediation expertise and regional roots at the service of stability to serve as a bridge between the Sahel and the entire international community," declared Robert Dussey, the Togolese Minister of Foreign Affairs, at the meeting.

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On 18 April 2026, Lomé hosted a meeting under the patronage of the President of the Council, Faure Essozimna GNASSINGBE, devoted to the New Togo–Sahel Strategy (2026–228). This initiative is part of Togo's continued engagement in the Sahel in a regional context marked by deep geopolitical recompositions, the persistence of security threats and their extension to the Gulf of Guinea states, and the emergence of new institutional dynamics, includin…

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Togo, a reference country in the field of mediation, reiterated its commitment to relations between the Sahel and the United Nations. On Saturday, 18 April, several foreign politicians joined the Togolese government in presenting a new mediation strategy. This new strategy relays the one adopted by the Sahel and the United Nations. [...] Read more Togo: A new strategy to strengthen the links between the Sahel and the Onu has emerged first on L-F…