Henrique N'zita Tiago | |
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Commander of the Armed Forces of Cabinda | |
In office 1969 – 3 June 2016 | |
Succeeded by | Emmanuel N'zita |
Personal details | |
Born | Cabinda, Portuguese Angola | 14 July 1927
Died | 3 June 2016 Paris, France | (aged 88)
Political party | FLEC |
Children | Emmanuel N'zita, Antoine N'zita, Jean-Claude N'zita |
Henrique N'zita Tiago (14 July 1927[1] – 3 June 2016)[2][3] was a commander of the Armed Forces of Cabinda, a rebel guerrilla group that fights for the independence of Cabinda from Angola.[4] He died in Paris on 3 June 2016.[2][5] It was reported that Tiago was 88 years old when he died, and that he was buried in France.[6][5]
voaportugues
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).The leader of a rebel movement seeking independence for Angola's oil-rich region of Cabinda has died in exile in France, Reuters quotes a statement from the group as saying. Flec said Nzita Henriques Tiago, 88, would be buried in France on Friday as he only wanted his body taken back to Cabinda if it was an independent state, Reuters reported. It did not say exactly when Mr Tiago, who was president and co-founder of Flec, died. The group – in one form or another – has been fighting a low-level insurgency since the 1960s. It first took up arms against the colonial power Portugal. Then when Angola gained independence in 1975 and Cabinda was absorbed into Angola, Flec rebels continued to fight against the Luanda government.
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