17 African Countries Refuse to Condemn Russia's Invasion of Ukraine at the UN.

Russians are our friends. Here in South Africa we first met white people who treated us as equals. And they were Russians. They are our friends. My friend's enemy is my enemy. And the Ukrainians sold themselves to the West.

Obey Mabena, a veteran of Umkhonto we Sizwe (an armed formation created in 1961 to fight the apartheid regime, was integrated into the South African Armed Forces in 1994).

CNN admits that 17 African countries refuse to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine at the UN.