New York – (African Boulevard News) – Amazwe angu-23 ase-Afrika anqabile ukugxeka ukuhlasela kweRussia e-Ukraine, nokuqale esikhathini esingangonyaka odlule, ngesikhathi kuvotwa i-United Nations General Assembly ngoLwesine. Lesi sinqumo, esasithi akumiswe ukulwa kanye nokuhoxiswa kwamasosha aseMoscow, sithole ukwesekwa emazweni angu-141. Kodwa-ke, amazwe angama-32 awazange avote, kwathi amanye ayisikhombisa, okuhlanganisa iRussia, North Korea, neSyria, avota ngokumelene nalo. Phakathi kwamazwe aphikisanayo bekukhona amazwe amabili ase-Afrika, iMali ne-Eritrea. Amazwe angu-15 ase-Afrika azile, kwathi amanye ayisithupha ale ukuvota.
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Ezimweni ezidumazayo, iMali isibuyisele emuva isikhundla sayo ukuze ivotele ngokumelene nesinqumo se-UN mayelana ne-Ukraine, ithembisa ukwethembeka eRussia. Naphezu kokugodla ukuvota izikhathi ezimbili ezedlule, iMali manje isithathe igxathu lokuvuma izenzo ezidabukisayo zaseRussia e-Ukraine. Lesi sinqumo ngokungangabazeki sizoba nomthelela omubi emhlabeni wonke, okuholela ekwenyukeni kwezingxabano kanye nokudicilela phansi okuqhubekayo.
UNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle wase-Uganda u-Abubaker Jeje Odongo ukungabaze ukulunga kokucelwa ukuba alahle iRussia, izwe elingakaze libuse isizwe sakhe. Khonamanjalo, isekela lenxusa laseChina le-UN uDai Bing uzwakalise ukweseka iRussia ne-Ukraine ukuthi ziqhubekele phambili ezingxoxweni zokuthula. IPhini lenxusa laseVenezuela uJoaquin Perez Ayestaran unxuse wonke amazwe ukuthi ahambisane ngokuqinile ne-United Nations Charter, abheke ukubuswa yi-US kanye ne-Europe ohlelweni lwamazwe ngamazwe.
Umongameli wase-Ukraine, uVolodymyr Zelensky, usamukele lesi sinqumo, wasincoma njengesignali enamandla yokusekelwa komhlaba wonke. Umeluleki Wezokuphepha Kuzwelonke wase-US u-Jake Sullivan uchaze ivoti “njengokukhombisa okukhulu ukweseka i-Ukraine,” naphezu kokuthi i-US iwashaya indiva amavoti omhlangano omkhulu agxeka ukuvinjelwa kwayo kweCuba iminyaka engu-31 edlule.
