Angola: Whether the Front for the Liberation of the Cabinda Enclave-Cabinda Armed Forces (FLEC-FAC) has a political wing and an operational wing; the description of identification cards issued by the various FLEC factions since 1990
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 19 February 2001 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | AGO36441.E |
| Reference | 7 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Angola: Whether the Front for the Liberation of the Cabinda Enclave-Cabinda Armed Forces (FLEC-FAC) has a political wing and an operational wing; the description of identification cards issued by the various FLEC factions since 1990 , 19 February 2001, AGO36441.E , available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4bdf810.html [accessed 3 November 2019] |
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In its profile on the Front for the Liberation of the Cabinda Enclave-Cabinda Armed Forces (FLEC-FAC), the Jane's World Insurgency and Terrorism Website indicated under the heading of "political wing": N/A for non-applicable (21 May 1999). No other information as to whether the FLEC-FAC had a political wing or operational wing could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate. On the origins of the FLEC-FAC, the UNHCR reported that:
Originally acting as the military wing of the FLEC, this movement split in the late 1970s. Since that time, it has been carrying out armed attacks, mostly in the centre and south-west of the province, and is described by one source as probably the most militant movement of Cabinda' (Apr. 1999).
The only reference to identification cards issued by the FLEC was that in a March 1998 New African report which stated that three immigrants from Asia working as industrialists in the enclave of Cabinda had been issued identification documents for work purposes.
For general information on the FLEC-FAC, please consult AGO36059.E of 15 January 2001, AGO33474.E of 25 January 2000 and AGO30516.E of 19 November 1998.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
New African [London]. March 1998. "Battle for Cabinda."
Jane's World Insurgency and Terrorism. 21 May 1999. "Frente de Libertacao do Enclave de Cabinda-Renovada (FLEC-R), Frente de Libertacao do Enclave de Cabinda-Forças Armadas Cabindesas (FLEC-FAC) and Frente Democrática de Cabinda (FDC).
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). April 1999. " Background Paper on Refugees and Asylum Seekers from Angola."
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