For African leaders, Fidel Castro was a comrade in arms
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South African President Nelson Mandela greets Cuban leader Fidel Castro as he arrives for the opening of the 12th Non-Aligned Movement summit in Durban on September 2, 1998
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Castro receives the president of Mozambique, Joaquim Chissano on October 29, 2001
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Castro and South African President Thabo Mbeki review the presidential guard at the Revolution Palace on March 27, 2001
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Castro speaks with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, during the non-aligned countries summit, on September 4, 1986 in Harare, Zimbabwe
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Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is greeted by Castro at the Plaza de la Revolucion in Havana, April 10, 2000
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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is greeted by Castro in Havana, Cuba on 08 June 1992
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Castro receiving Angola's Jose Eduardo Dos Santos at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana on 16th December 1988
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