AFRICAN nations proposed a new initiative to help bring an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, adding to a string of foreign offers of mediation and peace talks.
A delegation of African heads of state plan to travel to Moscow and Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, to present the plan as soon as possible, Ramaphosa said at a joint briefing with visiting Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in Cape Town on Tuesday. Zambia, Senegal, the Republic of Congo, Uganda, Egypt and South Africa will all be part of the mediation effort.
“This peace mission will contribute to the various other missions to bring a close to this conflict,” Ramaphosa said.
The South African leader first announced in March 2022 that his government had been asked to “play a mediation role” in the war. He didn’t identify who made the request, saying only that the approach was
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