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Of thought in african diplomacy that says african states should maintain the principle of non-interference, and so they shouldn't get caught up in proxy wars between the east and the west as some states get caught up in proxy wars during the cold war for instance. >> reporter: nelson mandela once put it like this. it is a mistake to, quote, think that their enemies should be our enemies. south africa also abtastained fm the u.n. vote and president cyril ramaphosa has since blamed nato for considering ukraine's membership into the military alliance, which russia is against. >> the war could hav...