The ELF and the EPLF “the Ghedli” are undeniable part of the history of the birth of the Eritrea Nation. The Ghedli is an institution, an instrument without which armed struggle can not be waged. The people of Eritrea own the ghedli and have sustained the hardships, the sufferings, the martyrdom, the victories, the disappointments and the present betrayals. However, the Eritrean struggle was a popular struggle.
Professor Richard Greenfield, emeritus professor of history at the University of Asmara and senior adviser to the Research and Documentation Center of Eritrea, died in Oxford on 1 June 2008 after along bout with cancer. He was 77.