Madagascar Minister Sacked For Condemning Russia At UN

Madagascar's president has sacked the country's foreign minister because he voted in favor of a UN resolution condemning Russian referendums to annex parts of Ukraine's territory <br />State TV channel TVM reports that Richard Randriamandrato pressed ahead with the vote without talking to the rest of the government. <br />There were 142 other countries that also voted in favour of the resolution to condemn Russia over the referendums which were viewed as a sham by much of the international community. <br />Until now Madagascar has taken a neutral position on the Ukraine war, as have several other African countries.