The political relations between the two countries officially started in the 1950s and 1960s.[1] The bond between the two countries formed around their respective internal conflicts that were repeatedly neglected by the United Nations Security Council.[2] In 1961, with a fake Ethiopian passport, Nelson Mandela traveled to Morocco where he was trained by the armed forces of the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN). In his book Long Walk to Freedom, he reveals his struggle against the apartheid was greatly inspired by the struggle of the Algerian soldiers. The FLN then provided the African National Congress with weapons.