Published on February 12, 2023 / Topic : Peace
Op-ed by Jean-Yves Ollivier and Amama Mbabazi: "Africa as a peace mediator between Ukraine and Russia?"

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 Brazzaville Foundation a potential facilitator?
- Read the press release of the Brazzaville Foundation on the conflict in Ukraine published on March 3, 2022.
- Discover the guiding principles of the Brazzaville Foundation.
- Discover the actions in favour of peace of the Brazzaville Foundation.
The representatives of the Brazzaville Foundation
- Biography of Amama Mbabazi, former Prime Minister of Uganda, Advisory Board Member of the Brazzaville Foundation
- Biography of Olusegun Obansajo, 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 August 16, 2022.
- Download the op-ed by Jean-Yves Ollivier and Amama Mbabazi "Africa as a peace mediator between Ukraine and Russia", published in Le Figaro Vox on February 13, 2023.