The Former Liberation Movements of Southern Africa (FLMSA) is a loosely organized regional political international of seven political parties which were involved in the African nationalist movements against colonialism and white-minority rule in South Africa and Rhodesia. It has its roots in the Frontline States, 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. Its original members are the African National Congress (South Africa), Chama Cha Mapinduzi (Tanzania), FRELIMO (Mozambique), the MPLA (Angola), SWAPO (Namibia), and ZAPU and ZANU–PF (Zimbabwe). In 2019, the Botswana Democratic Party joined the FLMSA.
Members Party Abbreviation CountryEstablishedNational legislature seatsLower houseUpper house African National Congress ANC 1912 Botswana Democratic Party BDP 1961 Chama Cha Mapinduzi CCM 1977 Liberation Front of Mozambique FRELIMO 1962 People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola MPLA 1956 SWAPO Party of Namibia SWAPO 1960 Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front ZANU–PF 1963
Summits City Country DateJohannesburgOctober 2000Harare2001 Johannesburg 25 November 2008Dar es Salaam4 May 2010Windhoek11 August 2011 Pretoria 6–9 March 2013 Dar es Salaam October 2013Maputo20 November 2015Victoria Falls4–8 May 2016December 2017Windhoek20–22 November 2018Victoria Falls8–12 September 2019July 2025https://observer24.com.na/the-former-liberation-movements-the-imperative-of-pan-african-refoundation-and-amilcar-cabrals-thoughts-of-the-battle-against-our-own-weakness/
See also
Southern African Development Community Frontline States
References
External links 6th Meeting in Tanzania Communique on the meeting of the Heads of Political parties of former liberation movements, March 2013