text: Although a colony of Portugal not of Britain, it is still a member of the Commonwealth Nations.
full_question: Although a colony of Portugal not of Britain, it is still a member of the Commonwealth Nations. And although not home to a communist government, its flag still features the star of Marxism and an AK-47. Just like another Portuguese colony, roughly 1500 miles to its northwest, Angola, it won independence in 1975. For twenty points, name this country on the east coast of Africa whose foreign relations with neighboring Zimbabwe and South Africa improved dramatically in the 1980’s.
first_sentence: Although a colony of Portugal not of Britain, it is still a member of the Commonwealth Nations.