Ramaphosa's 'peace mission' just a cynical manoeuvre
Africa's peace brokers are not consummate peacemakers or paragons of virtue
21 May 2023 - 00:00
Any initiative to bring peace to any trouble spot in the world is obviously something to be cheered and welcomed. As Winston Churchill would have said, jaw-jaw is better than war-war. But the so-called peace mission to Ukraine and Russia by a group of hapless African leaders, led by President Cyril Ramaphosa, is doomed to fail. It's dead in the water...
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