Siege of Nakfa | |||||||
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Part of the Eritrean War of Independence | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
EPLF | Ethiopia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Isaias Afwerki | Mammo Temtime | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
3,000 | 300 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown | 225 killed |
The siege of Nakfa took place in 1977 in and around the town of Nakfa in western Eritrea. It was laid to siege by the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) against a small isolated Ethiopian battalion.