Angola: Cabinda secessionist parties and factions
Updated May 2006
Parties arranged by date of founding and alphabetically.
Note Since 2004 there have been various initiatives to reunite the various factions of FLEC into a single organisation, though the success of these initiatives is hard to judge (See UK Immigration & Nationality Directorate 2005, 56).
The Swiss Federal Office for Refugees (undated) presents a more comprehensive list of organisations; only the major groups are listed below.
| Party | Leaders | Founding |
|---|---|---|
| Frente de Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda (FLEC) comprises several factions: FDC, FLEC-FAC, FLEC-R |
Henrique Tiago N'Zita, Luís de Ganzaga Ranque Franque, Francisco Xavier Lubota | 1963 |
| Frente de Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda - Original (FLEC-ORIGINAL) | Luís de Ganzaga Ranque Franque | 1977 |
| Frente de Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda - Forcas Armadas Cabindesas (FLEC-FAC) Sometimes: FLEC-NOIR / FLEC-NEGRA |
Henrique Tiago N'Zita | 1984 |
| Frente de Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda - Renovada (FLEC-R) Sometimes: FLEC-MATANDO BRAZ |
António Bento Bembe José Tiburcio Zinga Luemba Arthur Tchibassa |
1984 |
| UNALEC | Prof Afonso Massanga | 1985 |
| União Nacional de Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda (UNCL) | Luigi Carneiro Gimbi (sometimes Jimbi) | 1985 |
| Frente Democrática de Cabinda (FDC) AKA Forum Democrático Cabindese |
Norberto Ntula &Francisco Xavier Lubota | na |
Sources
ACCORD 2004, "Profiles" IN Conciliation Resources.
SWISS FEDERAL OFFICE FOR REFUGEES UNDATED, "Angola - Länderinformationsblätter", [www] http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.htm?tbl=RSDCOI&page= research&id=3ae6a66b4 [opens new window] (accessed 10 Mar 2010).
UK IMMIGRATION & NATIONALITY DIRECTORATE 2000, "ANNEX A: A.1 POLITICAL PARTIES" IN Asylum in the UK: Angola Assessment, Country Information and Policy Unit, [www] http://www.asylumlaw.org/docs/angola/ind00_angola_ca.htm [opens new window] (accessed 10 Mar 2010).
UK IMMIGRATION & NATIONALITY DIRECTORATE 2005, Angola Country Report, Country Information and Policy Unit, 56, 95-98, [www] http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendoc.pdf?tbl=RSDCOI&id=429ed3594 [PDF document, opens new window] (accessed 10 Mar 2010).