{"id":2492,"date":"2022-03-09T09:39:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T07:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/?p=2492"},"modified":"2022-03-09T09:39:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T07:39:36","slug":"russia-ukraine-war-decoding-how-african-countries-voted-at-the-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/03\/09\/russia-ukraine-war-decoding-how-african-countries-voted-at-the-un\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia-Ukraine war: decoding how African countries voted at the UN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In recent weeks the world has witnessed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2022\/03\/07\/asia\/china-india-ukraine-reaction-intl-hnk-dst\/index.html\">the most tense moments<\/a>&nbsp;in international relations since the end of the Cold War. This was evident in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/un-general-assembly-set-censure-russia-over-ukraine-invasion-2022-03-02\/\">deliberations<\/a>&nbsp;and voting by members of the United Nations on resolutions calling on Russia to halt its invasion and withdraw its forces from Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The events have also been a stress test for military and political alliances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Africa yielded significant influence on the voting outcome with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalworld.com\/news\/world\/un-general-assembly-vote-on-russia-ukraine-results-who-abstained-which-countries-opposed-3587664\">54 countries<\/a>, (27,97 % of all votes).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/russia-ukraine-war-decoding-how-african-countries-voted-at-the-un-178663?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%208%202022%20-%202227922096&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20March%208%202022%20-%202227922096+CID_6fa60e740314ed98d7dac81c48adb5c0&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_africa&amp;utm_term=Russia-Ukraine%20war%20decoding%20how%20African%20countries%20voted%20at%20the%20UN\">here<\/a> to read more in The Conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent weeks the world has witnessed&nbsp;the most tense moments&nbsp;in international relations since the end of the Cold War. 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