Eritrean Civil Wars
1972–1974 and 1980–1981 conflicts in Eritrea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Eritrean Civil Wars[1] were two conflicts that were fought between competing organizations for the liberation of Eritrea.[2]
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Eritrean Civil Wars | |||||||
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Part of the Eritrean War of Independence, the Ethiopian Civil War and conflicts in the Horn of Africa | |||||||
Map of Eritrea | |||||||
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ELF |
EPLF TPLF | ||||||
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Ahmed Mohammed Nasser |
Isaias Afewerki Meles Zenawi |
The First Eritrean Civil War was fought from 1972 to 1974. The Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) tried to suppress dissident groups that disliked the ELF leadership and wished to break away to form a new insurgency. Dissidents included Christians who resented an alleged Islamic bias in the ELF, inhabitants of the coast with regionalist concerns, and radical Marxists. The ELF failed to suppress the dissident groups, who ultimately united themselves into the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF).
The Second Eritrean Civil War was fought from 1980 to 1981. The EPLF attacked the ELF when it appeared that the ELF were attempting to negotiate a peace deal with the enemy Soviet and Ethiopian governments. The ELF was defeated and pushed out of Eritrea. The remnants of the ELF withdrew to the Sudan.