Eritrean Liberation Front

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armed group nationalist movement rebel organization

The Eritrean Liberation Front was a nationalist rebel organization that led the early armed struggle for Eritrea’s independence from Ethiopia beginning in the 1960s.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Eritrean Liberation Front canonical 7
Eritrean Liberation Army 1
Eritrean Liberation Front-Revolutionary Council 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed group ⓘ
nationalist movement ⓘ
rebel organization ⓘ
activeInPeriod 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
armedStruggleBegan 1961 ⓘ
armedWing Eritrean Liberation Front self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eritrean Liberation Army
conflict Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ
country Eritrea ⓘ
countryOfOperation Eritrea ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
diminishedAfter late 1970s ⓘ
foundedInDecade 1960s ⓘ
goal independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia ⓘ
headquartersLocation Eritrean countryside ⓘ
ideology Eritrean nationalism ⓘ
inspiredBy anti-colonial movements ⓘ
laterRival Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
lostDominanceTo Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
notableCommander Isaias Afwerki ⓘ
Omar Ezaz ⓘ
notableLeader Ahmed Mohammed Nasser ⓘ
Idris Muhammad Adam ⓘ
opponent Derg ⓘ
Ethiopian Empire ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ
surface form: People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
partOf Eritrean independence movement ⓘ
politicalPosition anti-imperialist ⓘ
nationalist ⓘ
primaryLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Tigre ⓘ
Tigrinya ⓘ
recognizedAs early leader of Eritrean armed struggle ⓘ
regionOfOperation Eritrean Highlands ⓘ
Eritrean lowlands ⓘ
surface form: Eritrean Lowlands
religiousComposition Muslim majority ⓘ
splitInto Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
other smaller Eritrean factions ⓘ
startTime 1960 ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
supportedBy Arab world ⓘ
surface form: Arab states

Iraq ⓘ
Libya ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
usedTactics guerrilla warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Eritrean War of Independence → belligerent → Eritrean Liberation Front ⓘ
Eritrean War of Independence → earlierRebelGroup → Eritrean Liberation Front ⓘ
Eritrean People's Liberation Front → originatedFrom → Eritrean Liberation Front ⓘ
Eritrean nationalism → associatedWithOrganization → Eritrean Liberation Front ⓘ
Second Eritrean civil war → hasParticipant → Eritrean Liberation Front ⓘ
subject surface form: Second Eritrean Civil War
Second Eritrean civil war → hasParticipant → Eritrean Liberation Front ⓘ
subject surface form: Second Eritrean Civil War
this entity surface form: Eritrean Liberation Front-Revolutionary Council
Second Eritrean civil war → hasParticipant → Eritrean Liberation Front ⓘ
subject surface form: Second Eritrean Civil War
this entity surface form: Eritrean Liberation Front-United Organization
Second Eritrean civil war → opponent → Eritrean Liberation Front ⓘ
subject surface form: Second Eritrean Civil War
Second Eritrean civil war → belligerent → Eritrean Liberation Front ⓘ
subject surface form: Second Eritrean Civil War
Eritrean Liberation Front → armedWing → Eritrean Liberation Front self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eritrean Liberation Army