Biafra (/ b i ˈ æ f r ə / bee-AF-rə), [4] officially the Republic of Biafra, [5] was a partially recognised state in West Africa [6] [7] that declared independence from Nigeria and existed from 1967 until 1970. [8]

2025年1月16日 · Biafra was a secessionist western African state that existed from 1967 to 1970 and was one of the combatants in the Nigerian Civil War. Led by Odumegwu Ojukwu, it declared its independence from Nigeria in May 1967. Its population was principally Igbo (Ibo) people.

The Nigerian Civil War (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970), also known as the Biafran War, was fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra, a secessionist state which had declared its independence from Nigeria in 1967.

2020年1月15日 · Nigerian troops seen in one of Biafra's main cities, Port Harcourt, in 1968 after fierce fighting Mr Ago remembers the overpowering hunger that often forced Biafran soldiers to catch and eat...

The Nigerian Civil War was fought from 1967 to 1970 between Nigeria’s federal government and the Republic of Biafra, a secessionist state. Ethnic conflict, economic inequality, and educational disparities were among the factors contributing to the outbreak of war.

Biafra, officially called the Republic of Biafra, [1] was a break-away state in West Africa. [2] It was created on 30 May 1967 by the Eastern Region governor C. Odumegwu Ojukwu.It claimed the land of the Eastern Region of Nigeria.The country was mainly populated by the Igbo people.. Biafra was officially recognised by Gabon, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Tanzania and Zambia. [3]

2009年6月21日 · The Republic of Biafra was a short-lived Nigerian secessionist state which came into existence on May 30, 1967 when the Igbo-dominated southeastern corner of Nigeria seceded in the formation of its own independent country.

2021年11月12日 · The Nigerian Civil War, popularly known as the Nigeria-Biafra War which lasted from 6th July 1967 – 15th January 1970 almost destroyed the unity of Nigeria. The Civil War was fought to reintegrate and reunify the country.

The blockade of Biafra by the Nigerian federal government during the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970) resulted in a famine that ultimately cost at least a million lives and ended with the capitulation of the secessionist state of Biafra.

The Nigerian Civil War was a fratricidal full-blown conflict fought between the government of Nigeria and the people of Biafra from the 6th of July 1967 to 15th of January 1970. It was one of the bloodiest and most divisive conflicts in post independent Africa that killed almost 2 …