Eritrean People's Liberation Front

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armed group liberation movement political organization rebel organization

The Eritrean People's Liberation Front was a Marxist-inspired rebel organization that led the armed struggle for Eritrea's independence from Ethiopia, ultimately becoming the country's ruling party after victory.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Eritrean People's Liberation Front canonical 13
Eritrean People’s Liberation Front 11
Eritrea People’s Liberation Front 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed group ⓘ
liberation movement ⓘ
political organization ⓘ
rebel organization ⓘ
achieved de facto independence of Eritrea in 1991 ⓘ
alliedWith Tigray People's Liberation Front ⓘ
armedStruggleBegan early 1970s ⓘ
armedWing Eritrean People's Liberation Front self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eritrean People's Liberation Front (military wing)
became ruling party of Eritrea after independence ⓘ
conflict Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ
country Eritrea ⓘ
disestablished 1994 ⓘ
emphasizedPolicy gender equality in the struggle ⓘ
mass mobilization ⓘ
self-reliance ⓘ
ethnicBase multi-ethnic Eritrean population ⓘ
flag flag of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
founded 1970 ⓘ
goal independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia ⓘ
headquarters Sahel ⓘ
surface form: Sahel region
ideology Marxism ⓘ
left-wing nationalism ⓘ
implemented literacy campaigns in rural Eritrea ⓘ
parallel administration in liberated areas ⓘ
women's participation in combat units ⓘ
leader Abdullah Idris ⓘ
Isaias Afwerki ⓘ
Romodan Mohammed Nur ⓘ
militaryVictory capture of Asmara in 1991 ⓘ
notableFor establishing extensive underground social services in liberated areas ⓘ
leading the armed struggle for Eritrean independence ⓘ
operationalArea Eritrea ⓘ
Northern Ethiopia ⓘ
surface form: northern Ethiopia
opponent Derg ⓘ
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front ⓘ
Government of Ethiopia ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopian government
originatedFrom Eritrean Liberation Front ⓘ
politicalPosition far-left ⓘ
revolutionary socialist ⓘ
recognizedBy United Nations-supervised referendum in 1993 ⓘ
religiousComposition Muslim and Christian members ⓘ
slogan Self-reliance ⓘ
successor People's Front for Democracy and Justice ⓘ
supportedBy various diaspora Eritrean communities ⓘ
trainingCamps Sahel mountains ⓘ
transformedInto People's Front for Democracy and Justice ⓘ
usedTactics guerrilla warfare ⓘ
political education ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ethiopian Civil War → mainBelligerent → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
People's Front for Democracy and Justice → precededBy → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
Eritrean War of Independence → belligerent → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
Eritrean War of Independence → mainRebelGroup → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
Isaias Afwerki → wasDeFactoLeaderOf → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eritrea People’s Liberation Front
Isaias Afwerki → militaryBranch → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eritrean People’s Liberation Front
Derg → opposedBy → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
Mengistu Haile Mariam (as Chairman of the Provisional Military Administrative Council and later President) → opposedBy → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
subject surface form: Mengistu Haile Mariam
this entity surface form: Eritrean People’s Liberation Front
Eritrean People's Liberation Front → armedWing → Eritrean People's Liberation Front self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eritrean People's Liberation Front (military wing)
London peace talks of 1991 → participant → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eritrean People’s Liberation Front
Eritrean nationalism → associatedWithOrganization → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eritrean People’s Liberation Front
Tigray People's Liberation Front → alliedWith → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eritrean People's Liberation Front (pre-1991)
PFDJ → foundedBy → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
PFDJ → precededBy → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
Battle of Afabet → combatant → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
Battle of Massawa → belligerent → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eritrean People’s Liberation Front
Battle of Massawa → combatantControlledAfterBattle → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eritrean People’s Liberation Front
Second Eritrean civil war → hasParticipant → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
subject surface form: Second Eritrean Civil War
this entity surface form: Eritrean People’s Liberation Front
Second Eritrean civil war → opponent → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
subject surface form: Second Eritrean Civil War
this entity surface form: Eritrean People’s Liberation Front
Second Eritrean civil war → belligerent → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
subject surface form: Second Eritrean Civil War
this entity surface form: Eritrean People’s Liberation Front
Eritrean Liberation Front → laterRival → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
Eritrean Liberation Front → splitInto → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
Eritrean Liberation Front → lostDominanceTo → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
Fall of Asmara → belligerent → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
Fall of Asmara → relatedTo → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
Nakfa → usedBy → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eritrean People’s Liberation Front
Nakfa trenches → usedBy → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eritrean People’s Liberation Front
Nakfa trenches → builtBy → Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eritrean People’s Liberation Front fighters