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Why some African nations continue to support Russia

File photo of the Africa-Russia summit in Sochi in 2019, with Russian President Vladimir Putin surrounded by his African counterparts. Chirikov/Pool via REUTERS

The number of African countries that abstained from the UN General Assembly vote condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine came as a surprise to some. But it follows a certain logic based on recent and historical precedent, says analyst Aanu Adeoye.

“Africans see this Russian-Ukraine invasion as Russia on the one hand versus Ukraine and some Western allies,” Aanu Adeoye, a Russia-Eurasia program fellow at Chatham House in London told RFI.

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