African Support for Russia

Based on the news items seen below, created a map of Russia friendly, or US friendly countries in Africa. Countries who are more in line with RU are colored in red, for US green, country codes are iso3, full list is here.

import impl as u

ru = ["Mali","Ethiopia","Congo","South Africa","Madagascar","Libyan Arab Jamahiriya",
      "Sudan","Uganda","Zimbabwe","Burkina Faso","Guinea","Eritrea",
      "Cameroon","Equatorial Guinea","Sao Tome and Principe","Gabon",
      "Algeria","Togo","Lesotho","Swaziland","Senegal","Niger",
      "Namibia","Mozambique","United Republic of Tanzania",
      "Central African Republic","Western Sahara","Central African Republic"] 

us = ["Chad","Ghana","Kenya","Rwanda", "Djibouti","Somalia",
       "Democratic Republic of the Congo", "Mauritania","Lesotho",
       "Mauritius", "Angola","Nigeria","Morocco","Tunisia","Cote d'Ivoire",
       "Zambia"]

u.plot_africa_ru_us(ru,us)
plt.savefig('af-ru-us.jpg',quality=50)

News

01/08/23: Burkina Faso, Mali say military intervention in Niger would be 'declaration of war'

28/07/23: NATO is a flawed organization. They can never contain Russia’ – Eritrea’s President Afwerki at a meeting with Putin.

15/12/22: "In 2021, when the presence of the private military company Wagner was increasingly intrusive in the country, France considered that the conditions were no longer met for us to continue working for the Central African armed forces," General François-Xavier Mabin, commander of French forces in Gabon, told AFP.

13/12/22 - Morocco Will be the First African Country to Send Aid to Ukraine

11/11/22 - Angola switched its ties from Russia to US.

05/11/22 - Biden confirms that Burkina Faso is now on Russia’s side.

19/10/22 - Madagascar minister fired for voting against Russia's Ukraine annexation

17/10/22 - Pro-US Chad has been surrounded by pro-Russia nations, and its surrender is inevitable.

13/10/22 - Seven SADC countries, including SA, abstain in UN vote against Russia annexing parts of Ukraine.

13/10/22 - Algeria Abstains From UN Vote Condemning Russia

13/10/22 - Nigeria has joined the majority of the countries of the world to condemn the Russian annexation of Ukrainian territories.

13/10/22 - African countries divided over UN vote against Russia.

09/10/22 - Why Russia is cheering on the Burkina Faso coup.

08/09/22 - Polish president visited Ivory Coast to discuss impact of war in Ukraine.. During the visit, Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara reiterated his support for the restoration of borders in Ukraine.

06/07/22 - With Afghanistan’s status rescinded, the US will have 18 major non-NATO allies, according to the State Department. They are: Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Qatar, South Korea, Thailand and Tunisia.

01/07/2022 - Senegal appears to be taking a neutral position on the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, having chosen to abstain on two consecutive votes at the United Nations following Russia's invasion

29/06/22 - Russia woos Africa with arms, grain and nuclear power.

21/04/22 - Ethiopians hope to fight for Russia in Ukraine.

24/02/22): Kenya, Uganda uphold opposite voting stances on Russia war.. Sudan, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Mozambique, Namibia, Angola and Algeria and Burundi abstained too.

21/02/22 - Russia and Algeria Team Up Against Morocco.. Now Russia is also assuming a stronger posture regarding the Western Sahara, in apparent cooperation with Algeria, Morocco’s long-time rival here.

09/01/20: Much like France, Russia has publicly supported the UN’s mediation efforts led by Special Envoy Ghassan Salame. Moscow, however, in April blocked a UN Security Council statement that would have called on the Libyan commander [Haftar] to halt his advance on Tripoli.

23/04/18 - US builds drone base in Niger.