Siege of Nakfa

Siege of Nakfa
Part of the Eritrean War of Independence
Date 17 September 1976 - 22 March 1977 Location Nakfa, Eritrea Province, Ethiopia Result EPLF victory
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.