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Africa’s willingness to break with the West has been flaunted in recent years.
After Russia invaded Ukraine 17 African countries abstained from a un vote condemning the invasion. Last year, as the West refused negotiations with Russia, South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa and three other African presidents led a peace mission to Russia and Ukraine.
This year South Africa’s case against Israel’s actions in Gaza in the International Court of Justice was a public act of defiance (America decried it as “meritless” and “counter-productive”). Mr Ramaphosa has also attended meetings with the presidents of China, Iran and Russia over the past eight months.
https://www.economist.com/internati...eting-cloud&utm_term=2/28/2024&utm_id=1856086
After Russia invaded Ukraine 17 African countries abstained from a un vote condemning the invasion. Last year, as the West refused negotiations with Russia, South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa and three other African presidents led a peace mission to Russia and Ukraine.
This year South Africa’s case against Israel’s actions in Gaza in the International Court of Justice was a public act of defiance (America decried it as “meritless” and “counter-productive”). Mr Ramaphosa has also attended meetings with the presidents of China, Iran and Russia over the past eight months.
https://www.economist.com/internati...eting-cloud&utm_term=2/28/2024&utm_id=1856086