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  2. Biafra - Wikipedia

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    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] Its territory consisted of the former Eastern Region of Nigeria, predominantly inhabited by the Igbo ethnic group. [1]

  3. Biafra Referendum - Wikipedia

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    The Biafra Referendum, otherwise known as the Biafra self-referendum, was a self-determination poll organized and conducted by the Biafra Republic Government in Exile to determine the declaration of the restoration of Biafra, a partially recognised state in West Africa that declared independence from Nigeria and existed from 1967 until 1970.

  4. Nigerian Civil War - Wikipedia

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

  5. Blockade of Biafra - Wikipedia

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    The largest organization in the United States that formed in reaction to the Biafra war was the American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive. [14] In West Germany the war resulted in an unprecedented mobilization and the amount of money raised, 70 million marks, exceeded that previously raised for any humanitarian cause. [17]

  6. List of active separatist movements in Africa - Wikipedia

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    Separatist movements: The Indigenous People of Biafra, Biafra Zionist Movement, Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra; Militant organization: Eastern Security Network; Government in exile: Biafran Government in exile [76] Biafra is a charter member of the Organization of Emerging African States [6] Republic of Oduduwa

  7. List of wars involving Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Capitulation of Biafra; Second Nigerian Republic (1977–1991) Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result; Shaba I ... Much territory is retaken from rebel forces;

  8. Midwest Invasion of 1967 - Wikipedia

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    Historian S. E. Orobator, arguing that the invasion failed to severely hamper federal advances into Biafran territory, caused infighting in Biafra's military leadership, and dissipated popular sympathy for the secession in the Midwest [33] concluded that "In sum, Biafra would have benefited more from the Midwest had she maintained the existing ...

  9. Bakassi conflict - Wikipedia

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    In January 2021, the Biafra Nations League (BNL) complained that some of its members as well as pro-Ambazonian activists had been arrested and tortured by Cameroonian soldiers, both in Bakassi and on Nigerian territory. The group said that they would hoist the Biafran flag in the Bakassi Peninsula, and claimed that the locals identified more as ...