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On Russian Sanctions, U.S. Is 0 for 54 in Africa

Anglo-American demands for the world’s nations to stand on the side of “democracy” over “autocracy” or “tyranny” in the case of Russia’s military involvement of Ukraine have had essentially no success in Africa, where not one of the continent’s 54 nations has joined in on anti-Russia sanctions.

Considering the U.S. role in fomenting coups and in conducting military operations in various nations of the continent, what did the U.S. expect?

Consider the words of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to the Parliament: “The war could have been avoided if NATO had heeded the warnings from amongst its own leaders and officials over the years that its eastward expansion would lead to greater, not less, instability in the region.”