African leaders navigate diplomatic challenges with Russia, Ukraine, and US.

Six African leaders are set to hold talks with Kyiv and Moscow to initiate a peace process and discuss the issue of how heavily-sanctioned Russia can be paid for the fertilizer exports Africa desperately needs. The talks will also address the related issue of easing the passage of more grain shipments out of Ukraine amid the war and the possibility of more prisoner swaps. The African leaders' aim is to make a start with signs and dialogue, but neither side in the war appears ready to stop fighting.