In 1966, after an attempted coup and the murder of the centralgovernment's Prime Minister, 30,000 tribal inhabitants of this state were massacred, andanother million fled to the east. In January 1967, the leader of theEastern region, Colonel Ojukwu, met with other regional p
In 1966, after an attempted coup and the murder of the centralgovernment's Prime Minister, 30,000 tribal inhabitants of this state were massacred, andanother million fled to the east. In January 1967, the leader of theEastern region, Colonel Ojukwu, met with other regional premiers in Ghana,but a collapse in the talks led Ojukwu to declare his region'sindependence. FTP, name this short-lived African state, whose breakawayfrom Nigeria led to 3 years of civil war, and the death of up to a millionpeople from combat, starvation, and disease.
In 1966, after an attempted coup and the murder of the centralgovernment's Prime Minister, 30,000 tribal inhabitants of this state were massacred, andanother million fled to the east.
{Biafra} or {Biafra Crisis } (on an early buzz)