Democratic Front for the Liberation of Angola

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Angola (FDLA) was a political movement in colonial

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. FDLA was set up as a parallel structure to the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (

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 ...

), supported by the government of

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. FDLA later aligned itself with MPLA in the struggle against Portuguese colonial rule. Eventually the cadres of FDLA joined MPLA, and FDLA ceased its independent existence. Defunct political parties in Angola MPLA National liberation movements in Africa Political parties with year of disestablishment missing Political parties with year of establishment missing Rebel groups in Angola {{Angola-party-stub