Event Eritrean War of Independence

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Were a series of related conflicts, part of the struggle for independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia.

Chronology

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  • May 1991: Eritrea gains de facto independence from Ethiopia in 1991 under EPLF rule.

1. Eritrean Indipendence Struggle

The Eritrean War of Independence was a conflict fought between the Ethiopian government and Eritrean separatists from September 1961 to May 1991.

  • September 1961: The Eritrean War of Independence was a conflict fought between the Ethiopian government and Eritrean separatists from September 1961 to May 1991.

2. First Eritrean Civil War

February 1972 - October 1974 : was fought by the ELF against the nascent organizations of the Popular Liberation Forces that were formerly under the command of the ELF and the Obel group.

  • March 1972: February 1972 - October 1974: It was fought by the ELF against the nascent organizations of the Popular Liberation Forces that were formerly under the command of the ELF and the Obel group.

3. Second Eritrean Civil War

The Second Eritrean Civil War was fought from 1980 to 1981 between the Marxist Eritrean People's Liberation Front and the Eritrean Liberation Front. Both were militarly organized movements that sought the independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia. The Eritrean Liberation Front was defeated and expelled from Eritrea.

  • March 1980: February 1980 - 24 March 1981: executed by the EPLF against the ELF in a bid to protect the flanks of the Front under tremendous pressure from a resurgent Ethiopia.