Majority of African States Vote to Condemn Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Majority of African States Vote to Condemn Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

 Sources, Axios published on 2 March 2022 the vote of each UN member nation on the resolution to condemn Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

There are 193 UN member nations.  On March 2, 141 voted in favor of condemning Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, 35 abstained, and 5 (Russia, Democratic Republic of Korea, Eritrea, Syria, and Belarus) supported Russia. 

African countries that abstained were: Algeria, Angola, Burundi, CAR, Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.

African countries that failed to vote were: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Morocco, and Togo.   

Comment:  Eritrea was the only African country to totally embarrass itself.  From my optic, surprise abstentions included Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, and Tanzania.  It was also surprising that Eswatini, Ethiopia, and Morocco failed to vote.  

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