Cabinda War
1975-present conflict in the Angolan exclave of Cabinda / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Cabinda War is an ongoing separatist insurgency, waged by the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) against the government of Angola. FLEC aims at the restoration of the self-proclaimed Republic of Cabinda, located within the borders of the Cabinda province of Angola.
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Cabinda War | |||||||
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Part of the Angolan Civil War (until 2002) | |||||||
Cabinda exclave (red) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
UNITA (joint operations, 1991)[3] Supported by:
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
João Lourenço (2017–present) Agostinho Neto (1975–1979) José Eduardo dos Santos (1979–2017) Fidel Castro (1976–2008) Arnaldo Ochoa Erich Honecker (1975–1989) Leonid Brezhnev (1975–1982)[4][6] |
António Bento Bembe Henrique N'zita Tiago Alexandre Builo Tati Francisco Xavier Lubota José Tiburcio Zinga Loemba[3] | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
87,000 (2013) 2,000 4[4][5][7] |
300–7,000 in total (1975) [citation needed] FLEC-Renovada: 500 (1991) FLEC-N'zita: 200–300 (1991) FLEC-FAC: 600 (1992)[3][5] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
~30,000 killed[citation needed] 25,000 displaced[1][8] |
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