Editing Foreign relations of Cuba (section)

=== Africa ===

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| {{flag|Angola}} ||<!-- Date started -->|| See [[Angola–Cuba relations]]
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| {{flag|Ethiopia}} || <!-- Date started --> 18 July 1975||See [[Cuba–Ethiopia relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Addis Ababa]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/etiopia| title = Embassy of Cuba in Ethiopia| date = 9 May 2017| access-date = 11 August 2017| archive-date = 11 August 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170811104337/http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/etiopia| url-status = dead}}</ref>
* Ethiopia has an embassy in Havana.
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| {{flag|Kenya}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–Kenya relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Nairobi]].
* Kenya has an embassy in Havana.
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|{{Flag|Libya}} || 1 March 1976 || See [[Cuba–Libya relations]]
Both countries established diplomatic relations on 1 March 1976.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Relaciones Diplomaticas y Consulares |url=https://archivo.cubaminrex.cu/sites/default/files/memoria_anual_2015.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507190813/https://archivo.cubaminrex.cu/sites/default/files/memoria_anual_2015.pdf |archive-date=7 May 2019 |access-date=3 November 2023 |website=Memoria Anual 2015 |page=22 |language=es}}</ref>
* Cuba is accredited to Libya from its embassy in [[Cairo]].
* Libya has an embassy in [[Havana]].
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| {{flag|Namibia}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–Namibia relations]]

Cuban-Namibian relations began during the [[South African Border War]], when Cuba helped establish a number of training camps in [[Angola]] for the [[People's Liberation Army of Namibia]] (PLAN), armed wing of the [[South West African People's Organisation]] (SWAPO).<ref name="MAA">{{cite book|last=Peter|first=Abbott|author2=Helmoed-Romer Heitman|author3=Paul Hannon|title=Modern African Wars (3): South-West Africa|pages=5–13|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9Aj997IO9gC|isbn=978-1-85532-122-9|year=1991|publisher=Osprey Publishing}}{{Dead link|date=January 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Cuba also supported both SWAPO and PLAN through a number of political and diplomatic initiatives.<ref name="radiohc.cu">[http://www.radiohc.cu/ingles/noticias/julio05/5julio/cuba7.htm Cuba-Namibia Joint Commission Meeting Kicks off in Havana]{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Radio Habana, Cuba, 5 July 2005</ref> Since independence, Namibia and Cuba have held joint meetings every two years for Economic, Scientific-Technical and Commercial Cooperation. In 2005, it was reported that 1,460 Cuban professionals had worked in Namibia, including 208 in 2005.<ref name="radiohc.cu"/>
* Cuba has an embassy in [[Windhoek]].
* Namibia has an embassy in Havana.
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| {{flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}} || <!-- Date started -->30 January 1980 || See [[Cuba–Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic relations]]
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| {{anchor|Sierra Leone}}{{flag|Sierra Leone}} || <!-- Date started --> ||

The Cuban government initially pledged to send one hundred and sixty five health workers to [[Sierra Leone]] to take part in combating the [[Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa]].<ref>{{cite web|title=WHO welcomes Cuban doctors for Ebola response in west Africa|url=https://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2014/cuban-ebola-doctors/en/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913113043/http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/statements/2014/cuban-ebola-doctors/en/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 13, 2014|website=The World Health Organization Media Centre|publisher=World Health Organization|access-date=26 September 2014|ref=WHO Statement}}</ref> Later the Cuban government expanded this pledge with an additional three hundred health workers being sent throughout the region.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cuba pledges 300 more doctors, nurses to combat Ebola|url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/9/26/ebola-cuba-who.html|access-date=26 September 2014|work=Al Jazeera America|agency=Al Jazeera and wire services|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=September 26, 2014|ref=AJA Ebola}}</ref>
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| {{flag|South Africa}} || <!-- Date started --> || See [[Cuba–South Africa relations]]

* Cuba has an embassy in [[Pretoria]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/sudafrica| title = Embassy of Cuba in South Africa| date = 30 September 2016| access-date = 11 August 2017| archive-date = 11 August 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170811104621/http://misiones.minrex.gob.cu/es/sudafrica| url-status = dead}}</ref>
* South Africa has an embassy in Havana.
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