(16 Jul 1977) For 16 years, guerrilla fighters and Ethiopian troops
have fought each other in Eritrea, Ethiopia’s northern
coastal province. The guerrillas – the Eritrean Liberation
Front (ELF) and the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front
(EPLF) – want complete independence from Addis Ababa.
After recent successes, they now control over 80 per cent
of the territory, with the Ethiopians confined to the large
towns. The military Marxist government in Addis Ababa has
recently recruited a huge Peasant Army, trained by Cuban
advisers, in preparation of a major assault on the guerrilla
strongholds. This report looks at the background to the conflict
and records life and events in the areas the guerrillas control.
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