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Eventually, they did win wage increases. The strike included people from all ethnic groups. [77] ... Biafra began the war with only 230 soldiers at Enugu, ...
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]
Biafra attracted a large amount of international attention from mid-1968, when images of starving Biafran children began to appear in the international press. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Biafran propaganda compared Igbo to Jews and the blockade of Biafra to the Holocaust .
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On May 30, 1967 Ojukwu officially seceded the Eastern Region and proclaimed the new Republic of Biafra. [2] Ojukwu managed to assemble a 3,000 man guerrilla force to defend Biafra's front lines. In early July 1967 Nigerian President Gowon ordered the Nigerian Army high command to regain control of the Eastern Region.
900 – The reign of the Kingdom of Nri began. 1100 – Rulers of the Kanem empire embrace Islam. Mai Dunama I (r. 1097–1150) drowns at Suez in 1150. Kanem establish diplomatic ties with Tunisia. [1]: 75 1200 – Ilé-Ifẹ̀ becomes Yoruba metropolis. Kanem increase influence in the Islamic world throughout the century.
The Nigerians began their advance from Nsukka on 12 September. Biafran forces attempted to slow them by counter-attacking and felling trees, but within a few weeks the Nigerian forces had reached Milliken Hill and concentrated their forces. Federal artillery began bombarding Enugu on 26 September, while the Nigerian Air Force conducted raids ...
On 30 May 1967, when the Igbos declared their independence from Nigeria and formed the breakaway state of Biafra, [47] the Nigerian and British governments launched a total blockade of Biafra. [48] Initially on the offensive, Biafra began to suffer and its government frequently had to move because the Nigerian army kept on conquering its ...