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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.
Another group was created by Cabindese expatriates in the Netherlands in 1996, the "Frente de Libertação do Estado de Cabinda" (FLEC (Lopes), Liberation Front of the State of Cabinda). In December 2002, Angolan Armed Forces announced the capture of FLEC-Renovada. [5] FLEC-FAC has continued its struggle for independence both inside and outside ...
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 ...
Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda (Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda Cabinda regionalist, separatist, estd. 1963: FLEC-L: FLEC-Lubota (FLEC faction) Francisco Xavier Lubota, personalist, estd. 1975: FLEC-N: FLEC-N'Zita (FLEC faction) Henrique N'zita Tiago, personalist, estd. 1975: FLEK-K: FLEK-Batila
The Republic of Cabinda [2] (Ibinda: Kilansi kia Kabinda; Portuguese: República de Cabinda) [3] was an independent protectorate of Portugal that was taken over by Angola after Portugal declared Angola a free country. It is currently an unrecognized state, which Angola considers its Cabinda Province property.
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 ...
Luis de Gonzague Ranque Franque was a Cabindan nationalist leader [1] ... and first president and founder of Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda. ...