Ukraine courts Africa and ‘Global South’ as peace plans proliferate

KYIV, May 23 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s foreign minister began a tour of African countries this week, stepping up wartime Kyiv’s diplomatic push to challenge Russian influence in the “Global South” and cement the vision laid out by Ukraine as the only path to peace. Top diplomat Dmytro Kuleba said his main priority was to get African countries to endorse President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s peace plan as he travelled to Morocco on his second tour of Africa since Russia invaded in February last year. “Important negotiations lie ahead with African leaders and business,” he wrote on Instagram, saying he aimed to win…