The association established between FLEC and M23 is seen as a ploy to dissuade the DR Congo authorities from any inclination towards a more ‘sympathetic’ attitude towards the Cabinda question and/or to adopt a tougher policy on the issue.
The so-called Cabinda ‘dossier’, which at the beginning of JL's presidential term was entrusted to the Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE), was transferred to the Military Cabinet of the PR, where it came under the direct control of its head, Gen FRANCISCO FURTADO. READ MORE