17 Nov 2025

 Botswana and Angola have forged partnership in African solidarity and strengthened through many years of cooperation within the frameworks of SADC and the African Union, says Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of International Relations Mr Thuso Ramodimoosi.

Mr Ramodimoosi said this at the commemoration of Angola’s 50^th anniversary of independence.

He said the partnership is sustained by a shared commitment to the development and advancement of each other’s peoples.

Botswana and Angola collaborate across a wide range of sectors, including water resources, conservation, agriculture, transport, mining, and energy, as well as in the promotion of peace and security in the region.

Mr Ramodimoosi reaffirmed the commitment of the government of Botswana to strengthening the bonds of friendship and bilateral cooperation with Angola.

He said the two countries are leading diamond-producing countries, and they were deepening their partnership and collaboration in the diamond mining sector.

Additionally, he said the two countries, together with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, and South Africa, signed the Luanda Accord, which is a landmark agreement in the promotion of natural diamonds.

Meanwhile, Ambassador of Angola to Botswana Ms Beatriz Morais said Angola has prioritised strengthening cooperation in areas of politics and diplomacy, oil and petroleum products, energy and water, agriculture and livestock, as well as telecommunications, diamonds and other minerals, tourism, and the environment, particularly biodiversity conservation.

“In addition to bilateral issues, Angola and Botswana have multilateral relations at the SADC level, including the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (KAZA TFCA), the Zambezi River Basin Commission (ZAMCOM) and the Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM), with the aim of strengthening regional integration,” said Ms. Morais.

She acknowledged and recognized the role and contribution played by other African governments for the national liberation struggle of Angola, for the country’s peace to be a reality, and for reconstruction and development to take place to this day. 

“This is a gesture of recognition and acknowledgment to these peoples and countries, including Botswana, for their invaluable support for the Angolan people at different times in our history,” she said.

Ms Morais further said the 50-year milestone of Angola’s independence urges them as a country to look back at the road they travelled toward building a developed and prosperous Angola: from resistance to colonial oppression and the emergence of Angolan nationalism, from the national liberation struggle to the conquest of national independence, from armed conflict among children of the same land to the embrace of reconciliation, and from the destruction wrought by war to national reconstruction. 

She said the milestone is also a sublime moment to reflect on the future they are building with the contribution of all Angolans. BOPA