Eritrean War of Independence
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title:
Eritrean War of Independence
text:
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 Mengistu. Their efforts ultimately succeeded in 1991 with the fall of the Derg regime. Eritrea was an Italian colony from the 1880s until the Italians were def
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
1961–1991 conflict within Ethiopia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrean_War_of_Independence
date created:
2005-12-11T12:57:55Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T23:12:45Z
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