Nigeria does not maintain diplomatic relations with South Africa because of the latter’s
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Nigeria used to have strained diplomatic relations with South Africa due to the latter's apartheid policy. Apartheid was a system of institutionalized racial segregation that existed in South Africa from 1948 to the early 1990s. Many African countries, including Nigeria, were opposed to apartheid and supported the anti-apartheid movement. As a result, Nigeria was one of the countries that imposed economic and diplomatic sanctions on South Africa to pressure it to end apartheid. Although apartheid officially ended in 1994, it took some time for the two countries to fully normalize their diplomatic relations.