The Forças Armadas de Cabinda (FAC), or Armed Forces of Cabinda, is the armed wing of the political Cabindan nationalist group Frente para a Libertação do Enclave de Cabinda (FLEC, ). The goal of the FAC is the

independence Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the statu ...

of the exclave of Cabinda from what they allege is occupation by

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. Founded in 1969, the FAC bases its claim for Cabindan independence on the fact that Cabinda is not geographically contiguous with Angola. Today the FLEC-FAC army, made up of civilian volunteer rebels, fights for the independence of Cabinda against the

MPLA The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola ( pt, Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, abbr. MPLA), for some years called the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party (), is an Angolan left-wing, social dem ...

. The FAC contends that colonial

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documents prove that Cabinda is not part of Angola's administrative borders, and was instead a separate protectorate. Patentes militares - Forças Armadas de Cabinda

Patentes militares - Forças Armadas de Cabinda

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GlobalSecurity.org file on Cabinda
Paramilitary organizations based in Angola Separatism in Angola {{Africa-mil-stub

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