No. 2 (2022): CODESRIA Bulletin, No 2, 2022

· 2022 No. 2 CODESRIA Bulletin, No 2, 2022 CB

This issue of the Bulletin comes out at a time when Africa’s approach to foreign relations in an increasingly multipolar world is under scrutiny. The Russia–Ukraine war, nearing its fourth month, has gripped the attention of the world. The future is, as a consequence, being discussed in terms of the outcome of the war and how this outcome will shape it. Western countries have done their best, through the Western media, to propagate a narrative of ‘good’ versus ‘evil’ about the war. This has been done in an attempt to mo- bilise the rest of the world to take sides and perceive the war through the lens of Euro-American hegemony. But the efforts at mobilisation have not been very successful. For Africa, in particular, the responses have been divided, with many countries voting in favour of Ukraine but certainly not buying the overall Western propaganda in which criticism of Russia is cast. Thus, the February vote at the UN General Assembly saw twenty-eight African countries voting in favour of the resolution to condemn the Russian invasion, but seventeen abstaining and one, Eritrea, voting in favour of Russia. It has not been lost to observers that some African countries did not take an outright position during the UN vote. A review of those who abstained shows that they are predominantly countries that Russia supported during the Cold War and in their wars of independence from white settler regimes and apartheid. Read the Full Editorial

Published
2022-06-15
10 Articles

Articles

  1. Editorial

    Godwin R. Murunga Ibrahim O. Ogachi

    DOI https://doi.org/10.57054/cb220222147

    Abstract views : 466 Downloads : 194

  2. Tribute - Dr Berit Olsson

    Godwin R. Murunga
    9-10

    DOI https://doi.org/10.57054/cb220222148

    Abstract views : 588 Downloads : 176

  3. A Kind of Farewell to Ato Kwamena Onoma

    Godwin R. Murunga
    13-14

    DOI https://doi.org/10.57054/cb220222149

    Abstract views : 423 Downloads : 176

  4. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: What does it mean for Africa?

    Yusuf Bangura
    17-25

    DOI https://doi.org/10.57054/cb220222150

    Abstract views : 2,233 Downloads : 182

  5. The Unresolved Question of Identity in Ethiopia

    Bahru Zewde
    26-31

    DOI https://doi.org/10.57054/cb220222151

    Abstract views : 477 Downloads : 184

  6. Ethiopia’s Ethnic Federalism and the African Search for Viable Statehood: Matters Arising

    Eghosa E. Osaghae
    32-34

    DOI https://doi.org/10.57054/cb220222152

    Abstract views : 671 Downloads : 124

  7. In the Shadows of the Natural Sciences The Humanities in Crisis or the Crisis of Humanity?

    Wanjala Sandrack Nasong’o
    35-47

    DOI https://doi.org/10.57054/cb220222153

    Abstract views : 1,259 Downloads : 174

  8. Towards Post-Coronial Futures: COVID-19, Rapid Digital Transformation and University Responsiveness

    Gerald Wangenge-Ouma
    48-56

    DOI https://doi.org/10.57054/cb220222154

    Abstract views : 900 Downloads : 218

  9. The Life of a Great Marxist: Aijaz Ahmad (1941–2022)

    Vijay Prashad
    57-59

    DOI https://doi.org/10.57054/cb220222155

    Abstract views : 421 Downloads : 119

  10. CODESRIA Bulletin, No 2, 2022

    Journal System

    DOI https://doi.org/10.57054/cb220222156

    Abstract views : 1,629 Downloads : 459