India, Nov. 9 -- President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday departed for a six-day State visit to Angola and Botswana as part of India's efforts to open up new avenues for collaboration and expand partnership with the two countries in the African region.

This will be the first-ever state visit by an Indian head of state to these countries. In the first leg of her journey, Murmu will reach the Angolan capital of Luanda and hold high-level engagements between November 8 and 11.

She will be in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana, from November 11 to 13.

Murmu will hold bilateral talks with her Angolan counterpart, Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco, and attend the 50th anniversary celebrations of the African nation's independence.

She is also schedu...