Armed Forces of Ethiopia

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armed forces military organization

The Armed Forces of Ethiopia are the national military of Ethiopia, responsible for the country’s defense and participation in international peacekeeping and coalition operations.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ethiopian Armed Forces	2
Derg-era Ethiopian Armed Forces	1
Ethiopian Army	1
Ethiopian National Defense Force	1
Ethiopian army	1
Ethiopian government forces	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed forces ⓘ military organization ⓘ
abbreviation	ENDF ⓘ
ageOfMilitaryService	18 years ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Armed Forces of Ethiopia ⓘ surface form: Ethiopian National Defense Force
commanderTitle	Chief of General Staff ⓘ Office of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of Ethiopia
conflict	Eritrean–Ethiopian War ⓘ Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ Ogaden conflict ⓘ Somali Civil War interventions ⓘ Tigray War ⓘ
country	Ethiopia ⓘ
engagesIn	joint exercises with regional states ⓘ military training with foreign partners ⓘ
garrisonCountry	Ethiopia ⓘ
governedBy	Ministry of Defense of Ethiopia ⓘ
hasBranch	Ethiopian Air Force ⓘ Armed Forces of Ethiopia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ethiopian Army Ethiopian Republican Guard ⓘ Ethiopian Special Forces ⓘ
hasCapability	border security ⓘ counterinsurgency operations ⓘ peace support operations ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Addis Ababa ⓘ
historicalPredecessor	Armed Forces of Ethiopia self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Derg-era Ethiopian Armed Forces Imperial Ethiopian Army ⓘ
isSubjectTo	civilian control ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia ⓘ
mottoLanguage	Amharic ⓘ
operatesIn	air domain ⓘ land domain ⓘ
participatesIn	African Peace Facility ⓘ surface form: African Union peacekeeping missions United Nations peace operations ⓘ surface form: United Nations peacekeeping missions multinational coalition operations ⓘ
partOf	Government of Ethiopia ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Amharic ⓘ
region	Horn of Africa ⓘ
responsibleFor	defense of Ethiopia’s territorial integrity ⓘ support to civil authorities in emergencies ⓘ
role	coalition military operations ⓘ internal security support ⓘ international peacekeeping ⓘ national defense ⓘ
serviceObligation	conscription ⓘ voluntary service ⓘ
typeOfForces	professional core with conscript elements ⓘ
usesEquipmentFrom	domestic suppliers ⓘ foreign suppliers ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Armed Forces of Ethiopia → alsoKnownAs → Armed Forces of Ethiopia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ethiopian National Defense Force

Eritrean War of Independence → belligerent → Armed Forces of Ethiopia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ethiopian government forces

Eritrean War of Independence → combatant → Armed Forces of Ethiopia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ethiopian army

Armed Forces of Ethiopia → hasBranch → Armed Forces of Ethiopia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ethiopian Army

United Nations Command → hasMember → Armed Forces of Ethiopia ⓘ

Somali Civil War → hasParticipant → Armed Forces of Ethiopia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ethiopian Armed Forces

Armed Forces of Ethiopia → historicalPredecessor → Armed Forces of Ethiopia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Derg-era Ethiopian Armed Forces

Somalia peacekeeping operations → participant → Armed Forces of Ethiopia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ethiopian Armed Forces