Following extensive discussion of the Ukraine-Russia crisis and its impact on Africa and other developing countries, a group of seven African Presidents agreed to undertake a peace mission to Ukraine and Russia. The objective of the Mission is to promote the importance of peace and to encourage the parties to agree to a diplomacy-led process of negotiations. This initiative includes diverse voices from the Continent on the conflict, consisting of Comoros (current Chair of the African Union), the Republic of Congo, Egypt, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia.
It is the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) and not the Democratic Republic of Congo that is part of the peace initiative