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Angola-South Africa relations are quite strong as the ruling parties in both nations, the African National Congress in South Africa and the MPLA in Angola, fought together during the Angolan Civil War and South African Border War.

They fought against UNITA rebels, based in Angola, and the apartheid-era government in South Africa who supported them.

Nelson Mandela mediated between the MPLA and UNITA factions during the last years of Angola's civil war.