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Older flag of FLEC. On February 1, 1885, the Treaty of Simulambuco was signed, establishing Cabinda as a Portuguese protectorate. [2] [3]In 1963, three organizations — the Movement for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (MLEC), Action Committee of the Cabinda National Union (CAUNC), and the Mayombe National Alliance (ALLIAMA) — merged to form the FLEC.
The Forças Armadas de Cabinda (FAC), or Armed Forces of Cabinda, is the armed wing of the political Cabindan nationalist group Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda (FLEC, English: Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda). the Movement for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (MLEC) in Léopoldville in 1959, chaired by Luis Ranque Franque, the Action Committee of the ...
Portuguese: Movimento para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda French: Mouvement de Libération de l'Enclave du Cabinda: Abbreviation: MLEC: Merged into: Action Committee of the Cabinda National Union and Mayombe National Alliance: Successor: Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda: Formation: 1961: Merger of: 1963: Purpose: Cabinda ...
The Liberation Front of the State of Cabinda [a] (Portuguese: Frente de Libertação do Estado de Cabinda; FLEC (Lopes)) is a separatist movement seeking the independence of the Angolan province of Cabinda. It was founded in the Netherlands in 1996 by a group of Cabindese expatriates.
The next flag of the Republic of Cabinda, headed by a Liberation Front of the State of Cabinda, government in exile established by immigrants in the Netherlands, changed the red to black. Adopted after 1996, the central stripe represents the padrão , a still existing monument erected in 1956, in memory of the Treaty of Simulambuco (1885 ...
The Mayombe National Alliance (Portuguese: Aliança Nacional do Mayombe; ALLIAMA) is a defunct, separatist organization that campaigned for the independence of Cabinda province from Portugal. ALLIAMA merged with the Action Committee of the Cabinda National Union and the Movement for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda in 1963 to form the ...
CAUNC merged with the Movement for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (MLEC) and the Mayombe National Alliance in 1963 to form the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC). Cabinda is now a province and an exclave of Angola. [1]
On 8 January 2010, while being escorted by Angolan forces through the disputed territory of Cabinda, the team bus of the Togo national football team was attacked by gunmen belonging to FLEC/PM as it travelled to 2010 Africa Cup of Nations tournament. The ensuing gunfight resulted in the deaths of the assistant coach, team spokesman and bus ...