The negative impact of the international slave trade on Africa was immense. It can be seen on the personal, family, communal, and continental levels. In addition to the millions of able-bodied individuals captured and transported, the death toll and the economic and environmental destruction resulting from wars and slave raids were startlingly high. In the famines that followed military actions, the old and very young were often killed or left to starve.
The countries that officially declared their neutrality in relation to the First World War were: Afghanistan - The country received a German diplomatic mission trying to convince it to act against the British in India, its border neighbors. Argentina.
The declaration of neutrality did not mean total isolation from the war. At a different time, several of the officially neutral nations cooperated with either side or both, allowing the use of their resources or territory in the war effort.
The article calls this declaration by Putin cynical because the invasion was more than a special operation and would militarize Ukraine.
<h3>Why did the article say this?</h3>
Putin's invasion of Ukraine was done with around 100,000 soldiers which means that it is a full scale invasion and not a special operation.
Ukraine has also become heavily militarized as a result of so many soldiers being in it. Putin was therefore being cynical because he was oversimplifying and lying about his invasion.
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