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Madagascar’s pro-Ukraine foreign minister loses job

Bishnu Rathi by Bishnu Rathi
October 21, 2022
in Africa, Geopolitics
Madagascar’s pro-Ukraine foreign minister loses job
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Richard Randriamandranto news: The Russo-Ukrainian war has had a profound impact on the world’s supply chains for essential minerals, food, oil, and gas. Together, Russia and Ukraine—often referred to as the breadbasket of Europe—export 29% of the world’s wheat, 80% of its sunflower oil, and 40% of its barley. Before the war, Russia supplied roughly 10% of the world’s oil, and only last year, 40% of Europe’s gas came from Russia.

While Russians and Ukrainians continue to be the main victims of the conflict, there have also been significant indirect consequences on the world’s food and energy systems. However, the unrest is not limited to Europe. Indeed, the war has wreaked havoc on a different continent, unleashing a “three-headed dragon” of food, energy, and financial shortages across Africa, further endangering the lives of those who are already at peril and placing dozens of nations at risk of default.

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During the war, many African countries adopted a prudent geopolitical strategy. Some sided with the West, while others remained neutral or clandestinely supported Russia. There emerged novel, often inflexible geopolitical stances, with African countries unwilling to be told who to side with in the conflict.

The recent incident in Madagascar exemplifies Africa’s growing ossification of foreign policy. Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina recently fired his foreign minister, Richard Randriamandranto, without explanation, just a week after Madagascar voted at the United Nations to condemn Russia’s “illegal annexations” of Ukrainian territory.

(Source: Briefly.co.za)

You see, Madagascar has adopted a non-aligned policy in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, despite invitations from the European Union and the United States to condemn Russia. However, on October 12, Madagascar, along with 142 other countries, condemned Russia’s “illegal annexations” in Ukraine, reversing the country’s policy since the beginning of the war.

The public TVM channel broadcast reported recently accusing the foreign minister Richard Randriamandranto of making this decision without consulting the head of state or the prime minister.

Many commentators regard the Russo-Ukrainian War as a watershed moment in international affairs that annihilated the post-Cold War international order. The conflict is also significant in the Global South, resurrecting non-alignment and independent foreign policy as geopolitical tensions between the West and Russia rise.

In addition to demonstrating Europe’s vulnerability in the absence of Russian oil and gas, the war has revealed that many countries in the Global South, particularly Africa, prefer not to support the West despite having capitalist economies, democratic political systems, and values that are nearly identical to those promoted by the West.

However, to say that all African countries have overwhelmingly supported Russia would be an exaggeration. Perhaps the best way to characterise the changing equations of African foreign policy is the growing independence and self-assertiveness that countries are frequently demonstrating. Africa is avoiding being caught in the crossfire of great power politics. But for how long the contemporary rigidity that encompasses many African countries’ foreign policies, as seen in the case of Madagascar, will serve its interests remains to be seen.

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Bishnu Rathi

Bishnu Rathi

Bishnu Rathi, Associate Editor (Global Desk, English) at TFI Media. Undergrad student from Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, Delhi University. I am a geopolitical aficionado with an adherence to Mearsheimerian Realism.

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