"There was no attack in the territory of Cabinda, as confirmed by the reports of all our operational commanders", refers a note sent to Lusa signed by the spokesman of the General Staff of the FAC, António do Rosário Luciano.
"This information from malicious people is intended to tarnish the image of our brave soldiers who observe a unilateral ceasefire to respond to UN demands in the fight against covid-19," the document adds.
In a note sent on Monday to Lusa, which said it had been sent by the armed wing of the Front for the Liberation of the State of Cabinda (FLEC), he claimed the death of seven soldiers of the Angolan Armed Forces in an attack carried out on Sunday morning. day.
Cabinda province, where most of the country's oil reserves are located, is not contiguous with the rest of the country and for years local leaders have defended independence, citing Luanda's autonomous colonial past.
FLEC, through its "armed arm", the FAC, fights for the independence of that province, 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 Angolan territory.
Cabinda is bordered on the north by the Republic of Congo, on the east and south by the Democratic Republic of Congo and on the west by the Atlantic Ocean.
