From Friday Mozambicans and South Africans can visit Angola, and Angolans can visit those two countries, without a visa, reports the state-run newspaper Jornal de Angola.

The arrangement, which was first agreed in July, is for visits under 30 days.

The bureaucracy making it difficult to moving between countries in Africa has long been a frustration across the continent.

Back in 2016, the Africa Development Bank report on visa openness found only 13 out of 55 countries allow all Africans to enter either without a visa or to get one on arrival.

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