Editing Foreign relations of Belarus (section)

===Africa===
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|{{Flag|Angola}}
|<!--Date Started-->1995-04-24
|Bilateral relations were established on 24 April 1995.<ref name=":17">{{Cite web|url=http://rsa.mfa.gov.by/en/bilateral_relations/angola/|title=Cooperation of the Republic of Belarus with the Republic of Angola|website=Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Republic of South Africa|access-date=2018-09-10}}</ref>

* Angola is accredited to Belarus from its embassy in Russia.<ref name=":17" />
* Belarus is accredited to Angola from its embassy in South Africa.<ref name=":17" />
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|{{Flag|Ethiopia}}
|<!--Date Started-->1994-05
|Diplomatic relations were established between the two countries in May 1994.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://ethiopia.mfa.gov.by/en/bilateral_relations/|title=Cooperation of the Republic of Belarus with the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia|website=The Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia|access-date=2018-09-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910014730/http://ethiopia.mfa.gov.by/en/bilateral_relations/|archive-date=10 September 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* Belarus had an embassy in [[Addis Ababa]], which opened in 2013 and closed in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ethiopia.mfa.gov.by/en/embassy/address/|title=Address, telephone and working hours|website=The Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia|access-date=2018-09-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910014908/http://ethiopia.mfa.gov.by/en/embassy/address/|archive-date=10 September 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=http://eng.belta.by/politics/view/belarus-to-close-embassy-in-ethiopia-to-open-mission-in-kenya-in-2018-110959-2018/|title=Belarus to close embassy in Ethiopia, to open mission in Kenya in 2018|date=2018-04-14|work=Belarus News|access-date=2018-09-09|publisher=Belarusian Telegraph Agency|language=en-EN}}</ref>{{Update after|2018|10|1|reason=News story in April 2018 stated embassy was due to close on 1 October 2018}}
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|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|<!--Date Started-->1993-11-17
|Bilateral relations were established on 17 November 1993

* Belarus has an embassy in [[Nairobi]].
* Kenya is accredited to Belarus from its embassy in [[Moscow]], Russia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kenemb.ru/en/embassy/the-mission.html|title=The Mission|website=Embassy of the Republic of Kenya in Russian Federation, official website|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-09-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910060921/http://www.kenemb.ru/en/embassy/the-mission.html|archive-date=10 September 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Libya}}||<!--Date Started--> 1992
|See [[Belarus–Libya relations]].

* Belarus operated an embassy in [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] between 2000 and 2014, but suspended operations due to escalation of the [[Libyan Civil War (2014–present)|military conflict]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://eng.belta.by/politics/view/belarus-to-close-its-embassy-in-libya-8763-2014|title=Belarus to close its embassy in Libya|date=8 December 2014|work=Belarus News|access-date=10 September 2018|publisher=Belarusian Telegraph Agency}}</ref>
* Libya closed its embassy in Belarus in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.libyaobserver.ly/news/un-proposed-government-downsizes-libyan-overseas-embassy-staffers|title=UN-proposed government downsizes Libyan overseas embassy staffers|date=13 November 2016|website=The Libya Observer|language=en|access-date=2018-09-10|archive-date=10 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910205733/https://www.libyaobserver.ly/news/un-proposed-government-downsizes-libyan-overseas-embassy-staffers|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Mozambique}}
|<!--Date Started-->2000-02-29
|Bilateral relations were established between Belarus and Mozambique on 29 February 2000.<ref name=":18">{{Cite web|url=http://rsa.mfa.gov.by/en/bilateral_relations/mozambique/|title=Cooperation of the Republic of Belarus with the Republic of Mozambique|website=Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Republic of South Africa|access-date=2018-09-10}}</ref>

* Belarus is represented in Mozambique through its embassy in South Africa.<ref name=":18" />
* In 2017 the interior ministries of the two countries signed an agreement to work together to fight terrorism.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://clubofmozambique.com/news/mozambique-and-belarus-agree-to-fight-terrorism/|title=Mozambique and Belarus agree to fight terrorism|date=31 October 2017|work=Club of Mozambique|access-date=2018-09-10|language=en-US}}</ref>
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|{{Flag|Namibia}}
|<!--Date Started-->2000-12-21
|The two countries established bilateral relations on 21 December 2000.<ref name=":19">{{Cite web|url=http://rsa.mfa.gov.by/en/bilateral_relations/namibia/|title=Cooperation of the Republic of Belarus with the Republic of Namibia|website=Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Republic of South Africa|access-date=2018-09-10}}</ref>

* Belarus is represented in Namibia through its embassy in South Africa.<ref name=":19" />
* Namibia is represented in Belarus through its embassy in Moscow, Russia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mfa.gov.by/upload/Dip-Feb-16-eng.pdf|title=Embassies, Consulates and Representations of International Organisations in Belarus|date=February 2016|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus|page=30|access-date=15 September 2018}}</ref>
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|{{flag|South Africa}}||<!--Date Started--> March 1993<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/belarus.html| title = Belarus (Republic of)| access-date = 7 September 2015| archive-date = 23 July 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200723120619/http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/bilateral/belarus.html| url-status = dead}}</ref>
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*Belarus has an embassy in [[Pretoria]]<ref name="dirco.gov.za">{{cite web|url=http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/forrep/forb.htm#bel|title=Foreign Representatives in South Africa|website=www.dirco.gov.za|access-date=10 April 2018|archive-date=23 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723120615/http://www.dirco.gov.za/foreign/forrep/forb.htm#bel|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*South Africa is represented in Belarus through its embassy in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]<ref name="dirco.gov.za"/>
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|{{Flag|Sudan}}
|<!--Date Started-->1999-07-15
| See [[Belarus–Sudan relations]]
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|{{Flag|Zimbabwe}}
|<!--Date Started-->1992-04-16
|Bilateral relations were established on 16 April 1992.<ref name=":20">{{Cite web|url=http://rsa.mfa.gov.by/en/bilateral_relations/zimbabwe/|title=Cooperation of the Republic of Belarus with the Republic of Zimbabwe|website=Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in the Republic of South Africa|access-date=2018-09-10}}</ref>

* Belarus opened an embassy in [[Harare]] in July 2022.<ref>[https://www.thezimbabwemail.com/zimbabwe/belarus-opens-embassy-in-zimbabwe/ Belarus opens embassy in Zimbabwe]</ref>
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