 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - FLNC yakaumbwa muAngola pasi pehutungamiri hwaNathaniel Mbumba, nechinangwa chekudzinga Mobutu Sese Seko, mutungamiri weZaire. FLNC inozivikanwa zvikuru nokuda kwokuedza kwayo kuvhiringidza Katanga Province yakatumidzwazve kuti Shaba muZaire muna 1977 na1978. Kupinda uku, uko kwakatyisidzira utongi hwaMobutu, kwakaparira hondo mbiri dzenyika dzakawanda, Shaba Iuye Shaba II, zvichiwedzera kuomesa Hondo Yenyika yeAngola. FLNC yakava nhengo yehupenyu hwezvematongerwe enyika yeZaire mushure megore ra1991, uye gare gare nhengo yeDemocratic Republic of Congo. 