The Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) was an armed organization that fought for the independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia. It emerged in 1970 as an intellectual left-wing group that split from the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF).
The Christian-dominated EPLF and the mainly Muslim ELF first struggled between themselves in a contested civil war (1972-1979). The Marxist EPLF emerged as the dominant rebel force by 1980 and began a 10-year war for independance. In 1991 the EPLF succeeded in liberating Eritrea and changed it's name to the People's Front for Democracy and Justice in 1994, taking it's place as the sole-legal party of Eritrea.