Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda

Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda
	FLEC flag
	1977 map of Cabinda
Abbreviation	FLEC
Formation	1963
Founders	Movement for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (MLEC); Action Committee of the Cabinda National Union (CAUNC); Mayombe National Alliance;
Founded at	Cabinda, Angola
Legal status	Political movement
Purpose	Cabindan independence

The Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (Portuguese: Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda, FLEC) is a guerrilla and political movement fighting for the independence of the Angolan province of Cabinda.^[1] Formerly under Portuguese administration, with the independence of Angola from Portugal in 1975, the territory became an exclave province of the newly independent Angola. The FLEC fights the Cabinda War in the region occupied by the former kingdoms of Kakongo, Loango and N'Goyo.

^ AlʻAmin Mazrui, Ali. The Warrior Tradition in Modern Africa, 1977. Page 227.

[france-1] AlʻAmin Mazrui, Ali. The Warrior Tradition in Modern Africa, 1977. Page 227.

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