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Al Jazeera
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Hamza Mohamed

Why South Africa continues to be neutral in Ukraine-Russia war

Moscow and Pretoria have longstanding ties forged during South Africa's struggle for liberation [Sergei Chirikov/pool via AP]

The United States has criticised South Africa’s decision to hold military exercises next month with Russia and China as the war in Ukraine rages on.

The exercises – called Mosi, which means “Smoke” in Tswana, one of South Africa’s 11 official languages – will see 350 of South Africa’s soldiers train alongside their Russian and Chinese counterparts.

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