Russia, Ukraine will one day regret shaming African chiefs on peace mission

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A part of Africa peace mission team having a breakfast meeting with Polish state officials in Warsaw, Poland on June 15, 2023. PHOTO | COMOROS PRESIDENCY

As Uganda President Yoweri Museveni battled Covid-19 last week and stayed in confinement, social media did what it does best; spew wild tales about his illness.

One version went that the son of Kaguta was in good health but came up with the Covid-19 story to avoid travelling with other African leaders on a mission to sell Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin a 10-point plan aimed at brokering peace in their war.