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Published February 12, 2023 / Peace

Op-ed by Jean-Yves Ollivier and Amama Mbabazi: "Africa as a peace mediator between Ukraine and Russia?"

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While several African heads of state are due to visit Kyiv and Moscow, Jean-Yves Ollivier, Founding Chairman of the Brazzaville Foundation and Amama Mbabazi, former Prime Minister of Uganda and Advisory Board Member of the Foundation, discuss the role that the continent can play in finding a solution to the conflict in an op-ed published by Le Figaro Vox.

Jean-Yves Ollivier (left) and Amama Mbabazi, © Fabien Clairefond.

Why is the Brazzaville Foundation a potential facilitator?

- Read the press release of the Brazzaville Foundation on the conflict in Ukraine published on 3 March 2022.

- Discover the guiding principles of Brazzaville Foundation.

- Discover the actions in favour of peace of the Brazzaville Foundation.

Representatives of the Brazzaville Foundation

- Biography of Amama Mbabazi, former Prime Minister of Uganda, Advisory Board Member of the Brazzaville Foundation

- Biography of Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria, Advisory Board Member of the Brazzaville Foundation

- Biography of Jean-Yves Ollivier, Founding Chairman of the Brazzaville Foundation

Read more

- Read the op-ed by Jean-Yves Ollivier "Why Africa Doesn't Jump Into the Fray on Ukraine", published in Jeune Afrique on April 1, 2022.

- Read the interview by Jean-Yves Ollivier "Africa can play an impactful role in the war in Ukraine", published in the newspaper Le Soleil on 16 August 2022.

- Read the op-ed by Jean-Yves Ollivier and Amama Mbabazi "L'Afrique, médiatrice de la paix entre l'Ukraine et la Russie?", published in Le Figaro Vox on February 13, 2023.