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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eritrean People’s Liberation Front–Eritrean Liberation Front rivalry | 1 |
| Second Eritrean civil war canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Second Eritrean Civil War
this entity surface form:
Eritrean People’s Liberation Front–Eritrean Liberation Front rivalry