Movement for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda

The Movement for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda is a defunct, separatist organization that campaigned for the independence of Cabinda province from Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

. MLEC merged with CAUNC and ALLIAMA in 1963 to form the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda

Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda

The Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda 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...

. Cabinda is now a province and an exclave of Angola

Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...

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