Foreign Relations of Australia - Africa

• Australia has an embassy in Cairo.
• Egypt has an embassy in Canberra and two Consulates-General (in Melbourne and Sydney).
• Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade about relations with Egypt

• Australia enjoys good relations with Ghana based on a long history of engagement, strengthening commercial links and shared views on a number of international issues, including World Trade Organization and Commonwealth matters
• Australia has an embassy in Accra and Ghana have an embassy in Canberra.
• Australia's trade relations are modest, valued at A$113 million in 2007, most of that exports to Ghana. Australian mining investment in Ghana has grown in recent years, primarily in the gold mining sector.
• Australia also provides foreign aid to Ghana to alleviate poverty, improve the environment and promote human rights.

• Australia’s relations with Kenya are based on Kenya’s key role and position in East Africa and its importance in multilateral bodies such as the United Nations, the Commonwealth and the World Trade Organization. Australia and Kenya maintain High Commissions in Nairobi and Canberra respectively.
• Australia has limited commercial interest in Kenya but the mining sector has grown in recent years and in 2007 Australian exports to Kenya were worth over $52 million.
• Australia is a significant donor of foreign aid to Kenya

• Australia was a major non-military backer of the revolutionaries during the Libyan civil war, sending more humanitarian aid to Libya than any other single country after the United States. It was relatively early to recognise the NTC, doing so on 9 June 2011, months before the capture of Tripoli.

• This was after years of stressed relations with Libya under the Gaddafi regime. Relations are now improving as a consequence. This was evident in December 2011, when then Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Kevin Rudd traveled to Libya to meet with Libyan Prime Minister Abdurrahim El-Keib. Rudd ceremonially hoisted the flag of Australia at his country's consul-general in Tripoli and pledged Canberra's support for efforts to remove unexploded landmines in Libya, as well as advice on Libya's planned transition to democratic governance.

• Australia has a high commission in Abuja and Nigeria have an embassy in Canberra
• Both are members of the Commonwealth of Nations
• Australia provides foreign aid to Nigeria in addition to exports such as plastics, dairy products and wine.

• Australia has modest relations with Somalia despite there not being a central government since 1991.
• Australia provided over $61 million to Somalia in 2011 in response to the Horn of Africa humanitarian crisis.
• In September 2012 following the election of Hassan Sheikh Ahmed Mohamoud, foreign minister Bob Carr said," Australia shares the cautious optimism of the international community about Somalia's future prospects."

• Australia has a High Commission in Pretoria.
• South Africa has a High Commission in Canberra.

Both countries have full embassy level diplomatic relations. Australia currently manintains an embassy in Harare, and Zimbabwe maintains an embassy in Canberra.