Cabinda War
| Cabinda War | |||||||
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| Part of the Angolan Civil War (until 2002) | |||||||
Armed groups in Cabinda in 1996 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Democratic People's Republic of Angola (1991)
Military advisers and pilots:
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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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) |
António Bento Bembe Henrique N'zita Tiago Alexandre Builo Tati Francisco Xavier Lubota José Tiburcio Zinga Loemba | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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87,000 (2013) 2,000 4 |
300–7,000 in total (1975) FLEC-Renovada: 500 (1991) FLEC-N'zita: 200–300 (1991) FLEC-FAC: 600 (1992) | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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~30,000 killed 25,000 displaced | |||||||
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.