Cabinda War

Cabinda War
Part of the Angolan Civil War (until 2002)

Cabinda exclave (red)
Date8 November 1975 – present[2][4]
(49 years and 2 days)
Location
Cabinda Province
Status

Ongoing

  • Ceasefire declared by FLEC-Renovada in August 2006
  • Ongoing guerrilla 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)

Democratic People's Republic of Angola (1991)

Military advisers and pilots:

FLEC

Commanders and leaders
Angola João Lourenço (2017–present)
Angola Agostinho Neto (1975–1979)
Angola José Eduardo dos Santos (1979–2017)
Cuba Fidel Castro (1976–2008)
Cuba Arnaldo Ochoa  Executed
East Germany Erich Honecker (1975–1989)
Soviet Union Leonid Brezhnev (1975–1982)[3][5]		 António Bento Bembe
Henrique N'zita Tiago
Alexandre Builo Tati
Francisco Xavier Lubota
José Tiburcio Zinga Loemba[1]
Strength
Angola 87,000 (2013)
Cuba 2,000
Soviet Union 4[3][6][7]		 300–7,000 in total (1975) [citation needed]
FLEC-Renovada: 500 (1991)
FLEC-N'zita: 200–300 (1991)
FLEC-FAC: 600 (1992)[1][6]
Casualties and losses
~30,000 killed[citation needed]
25,000 displaced[2][8]

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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