Talk:Cabinda (province)

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[edit] Why is Zaire listed?

i am not sure why Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zaïre are listed seeing as that what was called Zaïre at one time is now the Democratic republic of congo. it seems that Zaïre is un-necessary and may be confusing to some. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tainter (talk • contribs) 00:13, 29 August 2005.

It probably has something to do with the fact that what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo was Zaire for more than half its existence as a soveriegn state. How much sense would it make to talk about Iran and not mention it was once called Persia? Picaroon9288 18:38, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Republic of Cabinda a hoax?

I believe the links to the so-called Republic of Cabinda webpage should be deleted, as there is reason to doubt whether it actually represents the persons and areas mentioned. The page seems to be closely linked to the so-called Regular Grand Lodge of England, a pseudo-masonic organisation already removed from wikipedia references as a con act; indeed, cabinda.net until recently hosted the lodge's webpages. The phone number given by the "UK high comissioner" is also identical to those mentioned on RGLE's page.

See http://www.rgle.org.uk/RGLE_contact.htm and http://www.cabinda.net/chc.htm for comparison.

The same goes for the so-called "cabinda national petroleum company", also linked to the cabinda.net pages.

There are several different Cabindan organizations that are all rivals with eachother; see FLEC for details. This one is probably an expat organization that set up shop in the UK and became affiliated with some masonic group. I doubt that it is completely a hoax with no Cabindans involved. Picaroon9288|ta co 15:18, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

• but it is not one of the main organizations. You can also create your own organisation. Only FLEC groups should be listed.--Pedro 15:02, 17 October 2006 (UTC)