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The Eritrean War of Independence was an armed conflict and insurgency aimed at achieving self-determination and independence for Eritrea from Ethiopian rule. Starting in 1961, Eritrean insurgents engaged in guerrilla warfare to liberate Eritrea Province from the control of the Ethiopian Empire under Haile Selassie and later the Derg under ...
The Battle of Afabet was a three-day battle fought from 17 March through 20 March 1988 in and around the town of Afabet, as part of the Eritrean War of Independence. [4] The battle has been described as being the largest battle in Africa since the Second Battle of El Alamein. [5]
Ethiopia Eritrea Independence War 1961–1993; Eritrean War for Independence; Comparative Study Between Yemeni-Eritrean Ways of Documentation in Arbitration Over Red Sea South Islands 52 - Yemen Times December 27 through January 2, 2000, Vol IX; Connell, Dan Eritrea-Ethiopia War Looms, Foreign Policy in Focus 21 January 2004
Eritreans voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence between 23 and 25 April 1993 in a UN-monitored referendum. The result of the referendum was 99.83% for Eritrea's independence. The Eritrean authorities declared Eritrea an independent state on 27 April 1993.
In the late 1940s and early 1950s during his time in Addis Ababa, Eritrean politics was in a crossroad, where Eritrean nationalist movement was springing.Like many Eritrean patriot Osman had a strong stand on the need for Eritrean independence and his activities were put under surveillance by the Ethiopian authorities and forced to exile to Aden, Yemen in 1960.
Sign commemorating the 1993 Eritrean independence referendum. An independence referendum was held in Eritrea, at the time part of Ethiopia, between 23 and 25 April 1993. The result was 99.83% in favour, with a turnout in excess of 93%. [1] Independence from Ethiopia was declared on 27 April.
The Eritrean Civil Wars [1] were two conflicts that were fought between competing organizations for the liberation of Eritrea. [2] The First Eritrean Civil War was fought from 1972 to 1974. The Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) tried to suppress dissident groups that disliked the ELF leadership and wished to break away to form a new insurgency ...
Eritrean War of Independence against Ethiopia 1961–1991. In the 1950s, the Ethiopian feudal administration under Emperor Haile Selassie sought to annex Eritrea and Italian Somaliland. He laid claim to both territories in a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Paris Peace Conference and the First Session of the United Nations. [97]