Nigeria passed a law denying the Igbo people the right to return to the homes they had fled.
The bank accounts of Biafrans were seized.
The dream of freedom became a distant memory.
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Nigeria passed a law denying the Igbo people the right to return to the homes they had fled.
The bank accounts of Biafrans were seized.
The dream of freedom became a distant memory.
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Hospitals were attacked, and even foreign medical volunteers.
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) was founded in response to the crisis.
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Hospitals were attacked, and even foreign medical volunteers.
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) was founded in response to the crisis.
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They used hunger as a weapon.
2 million Biafrans died of starvation.
1.5 million were children.
Many who survived had long-lasting health effects, especially those born during the famine.
The world was outraged.
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They used hunger as a weapon.
2 million Biafrans died of starvation.
1.5 million were children.
Many who survived had long-lasting health effects, especially those born during the famine.
The world was outraged.
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Despite being outgunned and outnumbered, Biafra was initially victorious.
They made weapons, and even had an air force and navy.
Some Europeans joined as freedom fighters in the Biafra military.
Nigeria was unable to win on the battlefield.
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Despite being outgunned and outnumbered, Biafra was initially victorious.
They made weapons, and even had an air force and navy.
Some Europeans joined as freedom fighters in the Biafra military.
Nigeria was unable to win on the battlefield.
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Some countries recognized them as a new country.
They even issued their own currency.
A people had triumphed over genocide to control their own destiny.
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Some countries recognized them as a new country.
They even issued their own currency.
A people had triumphed over genocide to control their own destiny.
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30,000 people of the Igbo ethnic group had been massacred, hundreds of thousands maimed, and a million fled their homes.
Facing genocide, they declared independence and created Biafra in southern Nigeria.
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30,000 people of the Igbo ethnic group had been massacred, hundreds of thousands maimed, and a million fled their homes.
Facing genocide, they declared independence and created Biafra in southern Nigeria.
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