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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
civil war ⓘ
belligerent Eritrean Liberation Front ⓘ
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-Revolutionary Council ⓘ
Eritrean Liberation Front-United Organization ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 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 ⓘ

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Eritrean War of Independence → significantEvent → Second Eritrean civil war ⓘ
Second Eritrean Civil War → relatedTo → Eritrean People’s Liberation Front–Eritrean Liberation Front rivalry ⓘ
subject linked to: Second Eritrean civil war
linked to: Second Eritrean civil war