African leaders in Kyiv at start of mission to broker Ukraine-Russia peace talks

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is greeted by Ukraine's special envoy for Africa and the Middle East Maksym Subkh as he arrived Friday at Nemishaeve railway station just outside Kyiv. Photo courtesy South African Presidency/Twitter June 16 (UPI) -- A delegation of African leaders arrived in Kyiv on Friday for talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky as part of an initiative to try to end the 16-month-long conflict in Ukraine sparked by Russia's February 2022 military invasion. The seven leaders, including South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi and President of the African Union and Comoros Azali Assoumani,...