What was the Biafra war? - BBC What's New

Fifty years ago marked the end of the Biafra war in Nigeria.
Millions of people died, mostly from famine, as the Nigerian government forces defeated attempts by the Igbo people in the south east to claim an independent Biafran state. You might think something like this would be more significance in the nation's memory, but it's not a part of history that many young Nigerians know much about and remains a sensitive topic.
BBC What's New's Keisha has more.

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They just wanted their independence