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African Presidents Plan Moscow, Kyiv Peace Mission Next Month

  • Delegation wants to faciliate a cease-fire in year long war
  • Peace initiative has been shared with UN secretary-general, US
An area painted in the Ukrainian national flag in Kyiv, Ukraine. 

An area painted in the Ukrainian national flag in Kyiv, Ukraine. 

Photographer: Roman Pilipey/Getty Images

Six African heads of state seeking to broker a cease-fire in Russia’s war with Ukraine intend to meet the two nations’ presidents early next month, a South African official said.

Details of the trip are being finalized, with plans to visit Moscow and the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in early June, Department of International Relations and Cooperation Director-General Zane Dangor told lawmakers in a virtual meeting on Wednesday.