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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attend a joint press conference on June 16, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photo by Yan Dobronosov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images
AFRICAN PEACE MISSION RUSSIA

The arms dealer behind the African peace mission to Ukraine

A weapons manufacturer on a peace mission. What could possibly go wrong?

  • Simon Allison
6 min read
Former president Kgalema Motlanthe. (Gallo)
ANC

The Bell Pottinger-linked ‘charity’ advised by ANC bigwigs

The Brazzaville Foundation, which has been accused of laundering the reputation of one of Africa’s most corrupt presidents

  • Simon Allison
3 min read
President Nelson Mandela elevated Jean-Yves Ollivier to the grade of Grand Officer of the Order of Good Hope for his peacemaking efforts.
ANGOLA

Angola’s Ollivier: He sold cereals, then he sold peace

The war in Angola was disrupting Jean-Yves Ollivier’s life, so he took steps to put an end to it.

  • Fred Khumalo
7 min read