CIVIL WAR REFLECTIONS: RELIVING THE TRAGEDIES OF BIAFRA, 56 years on (2)
Although the first gunshots of the Nigerian Civil War were fired in Gakem, Ogoja Province (now Cross River State) on July 6 1967, the roots of the conflict lay much …
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Civil War Reflections: Reliving the Tragedies of Biafra, 56 years on
Introduction On May 30, 1967, Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu declared the Republic of Biafra as a breakaway, independent country from the state of Nigeria. This was the culmination of one …