The Ethiopian People Patriotic Front (

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EPPF; ''ye’ītiyop’iya ḥizibi āribenyochi ginibari'') is a rebel group in

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

, founded on 15 June 1998, in the

Eritrea Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa, with its capital and largest city being Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia in the Eritrea–Ethiopia border, south, Sudan in the west, and Dj ...

n-Ethiopian border town of Awegaro. It was originally established as the ''Ethiopian Democratic Forces''.

History

On 24 October 2000, several rebel movements from the

Gambela Region The Gambela Region, also spelled Gambella, and officially the Gambela Peoples' Region (), is a regional state in western Ethiopia. Previously known as Region 12, its capital and largest city is Gambela. It is bordered by the Oromia Region to t ...

and

Benishangul-Gumuz Region Benishangul-Gumuz () is a regional state in northwestern Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Er ...

united under the EPPF: These factions included the

Ethiopian Unity Patriots Front The Ethiopian Unity Patriots Front (abbreviated EUPF) is a political party and militant rebel organization that waged an insurgency against the Ethiopian government from 1993 to 2012. Formed by ex-officials of the Derg regime, the EUPF was mostly ...

, the Ethiopian United Democratic Patriotic Movement, the Ethiopian United Democratic Forces Front, and the Benishangul People's Liberation Movement. In 2005, the EPPF was divided into different armed ethnic groups by the Eritrean government. In 2006, the EPPF was designated a terrorist organization by the Ethiopian government. In 2007, several members of the EPPF fled en masse and surrendered their arms to the Ethiopian government in order to escape the Eritrean government-sponsored slave labor. In 2008, the EPPF left Eritrea to fight in Ethiopia. In 2019, it works in alliance with the

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movement.

References

Works cited

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External links

Ethiopian People Patriotic Front website
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