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HISTORY. Italy was the colonial ruler of Eritrea from 1890 until 1941, when it fell to British forces in the Second World War and a British protectorate was set up. This ended in 1952 when the UN sanctioned its federation with Ethiopia. In 1962 Ethiopia became a unitary state and Eritrea was incorporated as a province. Eritreans began an armed struggle for independence, from 1972 under the leadership of the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF) which culminated successfully in the capture of Asmara on 24 May 1991. From then on the EPLF maintained a de facto independent administration which was
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Further Reading
Connel, D., Against All Odds: a Chronicle of the Eritrean Revolution. Trenton (NJ), 1993
Lewis, R., Eritrea: Africa’s Newest Country. London, 1993
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Hunter, B. (1995). Eritrea. In: Hunter, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271241_62
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