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African Nations Plan Russia-Ukraine Peace Mission, Ramaphosa Says

  • African heads of state to travel to Moscow, Kyiv: Ramaphosa
  • Several parallel mediation efforts are also under way
Cyril Ramaphosa, right, with  Lee Hsien Loong in Cape Town, South Africa, on May 16.

Cyril Ramaphosa, right, with  Lee Hsien Loong in Cape Town, South Africa, on May 16.

Photographer: Rodger Bosch/AFP/Getty Images

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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.