Biafra’s Secession Triggers Nigerian Civil War
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest, Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Human Rights, Civil Wars, Coups
- Curriculum: African History
- Geographical Location: Nigeria
- Date: May 30, 1967-January 15, 1970
Article abstract: The secession of Biafra and the Nigerian civil war posed a human rights dilemma for the Nigerian and other governments.
Summary of Event
On May 30, 1967, the Eastern Region of Nigeria, populated by more than nine million Ibo ethnic Nigerians, declared itself the sovereign state of the Republic of Biafra. Lieutenant Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu charged that continuous violations of Ibo human rights by other Nigerians, particularly the Hausa ethnic group in the Northern Region, dictated the need for a separate Ibo state. The...
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