Second Eritrean civil war

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The Second Eritrean Civil War was an internal conflict in the early 1980s between rival Eritrean liberation fronts that weakened the independence movement and reshaped Eritrea’s political landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
civil war
belligerent Eritrean Liberation Front
Eritrean People's Liberation Front
surface form: Eritrean People’s Liberation Front
chronology followed the First Eritrean Civil War
conflictScope primarily among Eritrean guerrilla organizations
conflictType internal conflict
conflictWithin Eritrean independence movement
describedIn histories of the Eritrean liberation struggle
effect consolidation of military and political power by Eritrean People’s Liberation Front
reshaping of Eritrea’s political landscape
weakening of Eritrean independence movement in early 1980s
endTime 1981
hasCause ideological differences among Eritrean nationalists
power struggle within Eritrean independence movement
rivalry between Eritrean liberation fronts
hasConsequence diaspora political realignments among Eritreans
reorganization of Eritrean opposition abroad
hasParticipant Eritrean Liberation Front
Eritrean Liberation Front
surface form: Eritrean Liberation Front-Revolutionary Council

Eritrean Liberation Front
surface form: Eritrean Liberation Front-United Organization

Eritrean People's Liberation Front
surface form: Eritrean People’s Liberation Front
historicalContext occurred during Ethiopian control over Eritrea
impactOnFutureState shaped political dominance of EPLF in post-independence Eritrea
languageOfPrimarySources Arabic
English
Tigrinya
locatedIn Eritrea
Ethiopian Empire
Horn of Africa
natureOfConflict intra-rebel conflict
opponent Eritrean Liberation Front
Eritrean People's Liberation Front
surface form: Eritrean People’s Liberation Front
opposingForce ELF factions opposed to EPLF
outcome emergence of EPLF as primary Eritrean rebel organization
marginalization of rival ELF factions
partOf Eritrean War of Independence
region northern Eritrea
relatedTo Second Eritrean civil war self-linksurface differs
surface form: Eritrean People’s Liberation Front–Eritrean Liberation Front rivalry

Eritrean War of Independence
result Eritrean People’s Liberation Front dominance in Eritrean liberation movement
defeat of the Eritrean Liberation Front
significance key turning point in leadership of Eritrean struggle for independence
startTime 1980
status ended
timePeriod early 1980s

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Eritrean War of Independence significantEvent Second Eritrean civil war
Second Eritrean civil war relatedTo Second Eritrean civil war self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Second Eritrean Civil War
this entity surface form: Eritrean People’s Liberation Front–Eritrean Liberation Front rivalry