“The attack on a military post of the Armed Forces of Cabinda (FAC) in the village of Sanda Massala caused the death of two civilians and injuries to another”, reads the statement from the Liberation Front of the State of Cabinda (FLEC), signed by the Colonel Kapita Junior.
FAC troops repelled the FAA attack in the Miconje military region, the note adds, which concludes by saying that the “General Staff of the Armed Forces of Cabinda warns the international community that the security situation in Cabinda is tense” .
For several years, FLEC has been fighting for the independence of the territory, from which a large part of Angolan oil comes, claiming that the enclave was a Portuguese protectorate, as established in the Treaty of Simulambuco, signed in 1885, and not an integral part of the territory. angolan
However, the Government refuses to recognize a situation of instability in that province, always stressing the unity of the territory.
