Eritrean People's Liberation Front

The Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) was an insurgent movement that fought Ethiopian rule from 1970 until Eritrea's independence in 1991. It became the dominant force in the independence struggle and governed Eritrea after victory.

Eritrean War of Independence: A 1961–1991 armed struggle by Eritrean movements against Ethiopian rule, ending with Eritrea's independence. The EPLF became the war's decisive force and helped bring the struggle to its conclusion.
Eritrean Liberation Front: An Eritrean nationalist organization that launched the armed struggle against Ethiopian rule in 1961. The EPLF grew out of a breakaway faction of this earlier independence movement.
Isaias Afwerki: An Eritrean political leader who led the EPLF and became Eritrea's president in 1993. As the front's leading commander and politician, he carried its wartime authority into the new state.
Eritrean Liberation Front–Revolutionary Council: A faction of the Eritrean Liberation Front led by Ahmed Nasser that competed with the EPLF for influence. Its rivalry with the EPLF reflected competing claims to leadership within Eritrea's independence movement.
Eritrean People's Liberation Army: The armed wing of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front. Its campaigns translated the front's political project into territorial and military gains.
Eritrean Liberation Front–People's Liberation Forces: A faction of the Eritrean Liberation Front that split from it in the late 1960s and developed into the EPLF. This faction supplied the organizational roots from which the front was formed.
Romodan Mohammed Nur: An Eritrean revolutionary who served as the EPLF's secretary-general during its early years. His leadership helped establish the front before Isaias Afwerki became its dominant figure.
Eritrean Liberation Front–Central Leadership: A faction of the Eritrean Liberation Front that fought the EPLF during the Eritrean civil conflict of the 1980s. Its armed conflict with the EPLF exposed divisions among Eritrean nationalist forces.
Battle of Afabet: A major 1988 EPLF victory over Ethiopian forces in Eritrea's Sahel region. The victory weakened Ethiopian control and opened the way for further EPLF advances.
Eritrea: A country on the Red Sea in the Horn of Africa that became independent from Ethiopia in 1993. The front's central objective was Eritrean independence and the creation of a sovereign state.

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