Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Party (EPRP)

Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Party (EPRP) was an essential ingredient of the history of the Ethiopian revolution. Until it was finally disintegrated in 1991, EPRP was actively conducted a revolutionary armed resistance on the North Western parts of Ethiopia. The focus of this study is reconstructing the history of this armed resistance of EPRP in Mätäkal (c.1983-1991). The study covers from the time in which EPRP almost recovers from breakup and relocating itself in to the Quara lowlands to that of the final annihilation of the EPRP by the forces of EPRDF in 1991. Similarly as was the party, one of the earliest political organizations in Ethiopia, the origin and genesis of the party is highlighted. It had engaged in utmost effort to oust the military rule of the Därge from the very beginning of the Ethiopian revolution. This study focuses, and considers on the process of EPRP’s breakup and also its revival in Quara, its full scale operation in Mätäkäl, endeavors, engagements and its overall activities. The study tries to give an insight on the security, administration, social, and economic aspects of the region in relation with EPRP and the Därge.