The Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (Portuguese: Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda, FLEC) is a guerrilla and political movement fighting for the independence of the Angolan province of Cabinda. Formerly under Portuguese administration, with the independence of Angola from Portugal in 1975, the territory became an exclave province of the newly-independent Angola. The FLEC fights Cabinda Conflict in the region occupied by the former kingdoms of Kakongo, Loango and N'Goyo.
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