Why Namibia’s vote on Russia violates its foreign policy principles

Abstract

When the United Nations General Assembly in an emergency session on 2 March took a vote on the war against Ukraine, Namibia abstained with 15 other African states. One (Eritrea) voted against and nine as ‘no shows’ did not vote at all. Twenty-eight African yes-votes (among these seven co-sponsors of the resolution) joined 113 other member states.