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Front de Libération de la Côte des Somalis
Active1960–1977
Disbanded27 June 1977
CountryFrench Somaliland (1960–1967)
French Territory of the Afars and the Issas (1967–1977)
TypeParamilitary (pre-independence)
Unified armed forces (post-independence)
Size3,000

The Front for the Liberation of the Somali Coast (French: Front de Libération de la Côte des Somalis, Arabic: جبهة تحرير الساحل الصومالي) was a nationalist organization, and later a guerrilla group that fought for the independence of Djibouti from France. The Front de Libération de la Côte des Somalis (FLCS) was recognized as a national liberation movement by the Organization of African Unity (OAU), which participated in its financing. FLCS was able to obtain support from Arab countries such as Algeria.

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