It is estimated that 3,000 DPRK troops and a thousand advisers took part in the

Angolan Civil War in the 1970s and 1980s, and fighting against the apartheid South
African military. In 2011, Angola purchased naval patrol boats from the DPRK.

DPRK martial arts instructors were commissioned to train the Botswana Police
Service in unarmed combat

DPRK providing military equipment to the Burkino Faso army of the then-Republic of
Upper Volta, along with agricultural, military and technical assistance over the
years. Even Thomas Sankara, a Marxist and revolutionary, visited Pyongyang several
times, leading to a DPRK�Burkina Faso Friendship Association in place at the time.
Even during the reign of Blaise Compaor�, the successor of Sankara, cultural and
trade relations remained strong, along with the DPRK completing construction, in
1998, five small water reservoirs in the country

When the Khmer Rouge was removed by a Vietnamese invasion in 1979, the DPRK
supported Norodom Sihanouk in an exile government, and he lived in the DPRK until
1991 when he became King of Cambodia and returned to the country with a bodyguard
of individuals from the DPRK. the DPRK has defended Cambodia, saying in later 2016
that a division of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights was
operating illegally in the country, saying its operation vioalted the "principle of
respect for sovereignty and non-interference in domestic affairs" and that "every
year the U.N. raises the issue of human rights while violating the principle of
fairness when discussing human rights and showing sympathy for hostile acts against
sovereign states."

Che Guevara, then a Cuban government minister, visited the DPRK in 1960, and
proclaimed it a model for Cuba to follow. Cuban leader Fidel Castro visited in
1986. Cuba was one of the few countries that showed solidarity with the DPRK by
boycotting the Seoul Olympics in 1988.

The DPRK gave Egypt military aid during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

North Korea has provided training for Ethiopian militias and special forces, and
supplied munitions, tanks, Armoured Personnel Carriers, and artillery. It has also
helped establish two arms factories.

The Gambia and the DPRK have had relations since 1973, with a diplomatic mission of
the DPRK opening in 1975.[141] In later years, the DPRK sent karate instructors to
the country

the DPRK has supplied missile technology to Israel's neighbours, including Iran,
Syria, Libya, and Egypt. Syria, which has a history of confrontations with Israel,
has long maintained a relationship with the DPRK based on the cooperation between
their respective nuclear programs. On 6 September 2007, the Israeli Air Force
conducted an airstrike on a target in the Deir ez-Zor region of Syria. According to
Media and IAEA investigative reports, 10 DPRK nuclear scientists were killed during
the airstrike.

The DPRK has been an ally of Madagascar since the 1970s. The DPRK provided
assistance in construction projects, such as building the Iavoloha Palace. In 1976,
Madagascar hosted a conference on the Juche concept, an established part of the
DPRK's foreign policy.

in 1982. They signed a secret military agreement whereby the DPRK supplied Malta
with weapons and military training. In 1984, Malta severed ties with South Korea.

Mozambique has a history of good relations with the DPRK. Its capital Maputo has a
street called Avenida Kim Il Sung after the founder of North Korea. In 2016 a
delegation of the Mozambique Liberation Front visited Pyongyang and met with
members of the Workers' Party of Korea.

The DPRK has helped build state houses in Namibia within the country, and military
co-operation continues even with sanctions on the DPRK.

The DPRK has supported Palestine since 1966, starting with the Palestine Liberation
Organization.

The DPRK supported the African National Congress in its struggle against apartheid
in South Africa. The DPRK campaigned against the white minority government and
provided military training to ANC fighters in camps in Angola.

In 1970, the DPRK trade delegation's office in Colombo became an embassy. While in
the country, the DPRK diplomats cultivated links with the Marxist�Leninist Janatha
Vimukthi Peramuna. In 1971, in the wake of a failed uprising by the JVP, embassy
was closed.[252]

Syria and the DPRK have had close relations since the late 1960s, when the DPRK
provided military assistance to Syria in its wars with Israel.[257] They maintain
embassies in the other country's respective capitals. The DPRK built a nuclear
reactor in Syria based on the design of its own reactor at Yongbyon, and DPRK
officials traveled regularly to the site. The Syrian reactor was destroyed by
Israel in an airstrike in 2007. The United States signed the Iran North Korea Syria
Nonproliferation Act in 2000. In 2016, there were reports that DPRK troops were
fighting to defend the Syrian government in the Syrian Civil War.

Tanzania and the DPRK have a long history of military cooperation, going back to
their mutual support for anti-imperialist struggle in southern Africa during the
Cold War.[261] In 2016, there were 11 DPRK medical clinics operating in Tanzania,
two others having recently been shut down by the government.[262] In 2017, it was
reported that Tanzania was planning to open a general hospital employing dozens of
DPRK doctors.

Uganda is a long-term ally of the DPRK. Yoweri Museveni, Uganda's president since
1986, has said that he learned basic Korean from Kim Il-sung during visits to North
Korea. The DPRK has provided training for pilots, technicians, police, marine
forces, and special forces.

North Korea lent material and manpower support to North Vietnam during the Vietnam
War, though the number of South Korean troops fighting for South Vietnam was
larger. As a result of a decision of the Korean Workers' Party in October 1966, in
early 1967 the DPRK sent a fighter squadron to North Vietnam to back up the North
Vietnamese 921st and 923rd fighter squadrons defending Hanoi. They stayed through
1968; 200 pilots were reported to have served.[278] In addition, at least two anti-
aircraft artillery regiments were sent as well. The DPRK also sent weapons,
ammunition and two million sets of uniforms to their comrades in North Vietnam. Kim
Il-sung is reported to have told his pilots to "fight in the war as if the
Vietnamese sky were their own".

Soldiers of Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwean African National Liberation Army were

trained in the DPRK in the 1970s. In 1980, after independence was gained, the new
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe visited the DPRK. In October 1980, Kim Il-sung
and Mugabe signed an agreement for an exchange of soldiers. Following this
agreement, 106 DPRK soldiers arrived in Zimbabwe to train a brigade of soldiers
that became known as the Fifth Brigade. Zimbabwe's governing party, the ZANU-PF,
mourned the death of DPRK leader Kim Jong-il in 2011. In 2013, the two countries
signed an agreement, exchanging Zimbabwean uranium for DPRK arms.