Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Angola/South Africa Love Story

I love it when two countries that have had a shaky relationship for a while make amends. President Jacob Zuma of South Africa visited Angola's President Jose Eduardo dos Santos last year which marked the beginning of a budding relationship between Africa's strongest and largest economy and Africa's second largest oil producer, respectively. BBC reports that this time dos Santos took a trip to South Africa to solidify agreements between the two nations.

South Africa's apartheid regime stifled any good ties with Angola for nearly three decades, even after apartheid ended in 1994. Now, with Angola's economy quickly growing and South Africa's renewed popularity after hosting the World Cup, this may be a relationship that will last for a very long time. Don't you just feel the love?

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