
Biafra - Wikipedia
Biafra was officially recognised by Gabon, Haiti, Côte d'Ivoire, Tanzania, and Zambia while receiving de facto recognition and covert military support from France, Portugal, Israel, South Africa and Rhodesia.
Biafra | Secession, Nigerian Civil War, Map, & Legacy | Britannica
2025年2月26日 · Biafra, secessionist western African state that unilaterally declared its independence from Nigeria in May 1967. It constituted the former Eastern Region of Nigeria and was inhabited principally by Igbo (Ibo) people. Biafra ceased to …
Remembering Nigeria's Biafra war that many prefer to forget - BBC
2020年1月15日 · In 1967, following two coups and turmoil which led to about a million Igbos returning to the south-east of Nigeria, the Republic of Biafra seceded with 33-year-old military officer Emeka Odumegwu...
Blockade of Biafra - Wikipedia
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.
List of Biafran States in Nigeria & Their Details - Nigerian Finder
2020年2月13日 · Biafra, officially known as the Republic of Biafra, was an unrecognized state that wanted to secede from Nigeria in West Africa. Biafra existed from May 1967
Biafra - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Republic of Biafra (1967-1970) | BlackPast.org
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.
Biafra at 50: Nigeria's civil war explained - BBC
2017年7月5日 · It's 50 years since the start of the Biafran war, one of Africa's bloodiest post-independence conflicts. What was the Nigerian conflict about and why does its legacy still matter today?
“No Victor and No Vanquished” - Fifty Years after the Biafran War
The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War, became one of the most divisive wars in the history of post-independence Africa. Its traumatic effects, evident in persistent ethnic animosities and distrust, continues to shape the narrative of …
UNPO: Biafra
Biafra is an African nation of about 65 million people located in the south-east of present-day Nigeria that existed prior to the advent of colonialism in the continent. As an independent state, Biafra carried out its trade and commerce with other neighboring countries before its forceful Amalgamation with the Northern and Western Parts of the ...