1975-present conflict in the Angolan exclave of Cabinda
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Cabinda War
Part of the Angolan Civil War (until 2002)
Cabinda exclave (red)
Date
8 November 1975 – present[2][5] (48 years, 5 months and 22 days)
Location
Cabinda Province
Status
Ongoing
Ceasefire declared by FLEC-Renovada in August 2006
Ongoing guerilla warfare by FLEC-FAC
Unilateral ceasefire declared by Cabindan militias on 30 March 2020 to address the COVID-19 pandemic
Belligerents
Angola Cuba (until 1991)
UNITA (joint operations, 1991)[1]
Supported by:
East Germany (until 1989)
Soviet Union (until 1989)[2][3]
FLEC
FLEC-FAC
Communist Committee of Cabinda
Supported by:
Zaire (until 1997)[citation needed]
Belgium[4]
WLFD[4]
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)[3][6]
António Bento Bembe Henrique N'zita Tiago Alexandre Builo Tati Francisco Xavier Lubota José Tiburcio Zinga Loemba[1]
Strength
87,000 (2013) 2,000 4[3][4][7]
300–7,000 in total (1975) [citation needed] FLEC-Renovada: 500 (1991) FLEC-N'zita: 200–300 (1991) FLEC-FAC: 600 (1992)[1][4]
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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João Lourenço (2017–present)
Fidel Castro (1976–2008)
Erich Honecker (1975–1989)
Leonid Brezhnev (1975–1982)[3][6]
António Bento Bembe
