The Former Liberation Movements of Southern Africa (FLMSA) is an association of six political parties which were involved in the

socialist Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the e ...

and

communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...

movements of

Southern Africa Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the African continent, south of the Congo and Tanzania. The physical location is the large part of Africa to the south of the extensive Congo River basin. Southern Africa is home to a number of ...

. It has its roots in the

Frontline States The Frontline States (FLS) were a loose coalition of African countries from the 1960s to the early 1990s committed to ending ''apartheid'' and white minority rule in South Africa and Rhodesia. The FLS included Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, ...

Members

Summits

References

External links

6th Meeting in TanzaniaCommunique on the meeting of the Heads of Political parties of former liberation movements, March 2013
African National Congress Chama Cha Mapinduzi FRELIMO MPLA SWAPO ZANU–PF Independence movements National liberation movements in Africa Southern Africa Political internationals Political parties in Africa {{Africa-org-stub