Relationship dossier
Angola
Zimbabwe
Relationship assessment
Angola and Zimbabwe maintain cooperative political ties and pursue bilateral cooperation across several sectors.
Angola toward Zimbabwe
+30The Angolan government has engaged Zimbabwe through high-level bilateral visits and agreements covering areas including agriculture, energy, defense and trade.
Zimbabwe toward Angola
+30The Zimbabwean government has engaged Angola through high-level bilateral visits and agreements covering areas including agriculture, energy, defense and trade.
Overall relationship
+30The bilateral relationship features sustained political engagement and efforts to formalize cooperation across several sectors. The known pattern is broadly cooperative, though the depth and implementation of agreements are uncertain.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Angola and Zimbabwe have maintained cooperative government relations, including through bilateral agreements and high-level engagement. Their governments have pursued cooperation in areas such as agriculture, energy, defense and trade, building on political ties between the countries. The breadth and implementation of these arrangements are not clear enough to support a stronger assessment.
Key developments
Angola and Zimbabwe concluded bilateral agreements covering several areas of cooperation, including agriculture, energy, defense and trade.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation agreements are unclear.
- The extent of current cooperation in defense, energy and trade is uncertain.