The #BiafraWar, aka #NigerianCivilWar, was fought with little regard for civilians, with Nigerian leadership using (& defending) starvation as a tool of war; two million died. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1969, PM #HaroldWilson lied about the scale of British arms exports to #Nigeria.

One million #Igbo people fled northern #Nigeria in 1966, and up to 30,000 were murdered in #pogroms, so the southeast rebelled and sought independence as the Republic of #Biafra. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1970, an almost three-year-long #NigerianCivilWar ended in Biafran surrender.

The #NigerianCivilWar/#BiafraWar was fought from 1967-1970. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1969, Nigerian troops captured #Umuahia, capital of #RepublicOfBiafra. Since the war's end, #Igbo nationalism has only grown, but as #Biafra holds most of #Nigeria's oil, independence is unlikely.

Un soldat arborant le demi-soleil jaune du Biafra.

𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐝'𝐮𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬.
𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑎𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑟.
𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟖 𝟎𝟒
𝐁𝐢𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚

Photographe : #GillesCaron
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#Biafra #NigerianCivilWar #Nigeria #photograhy #photographie

Un jeune soldat igbo, couronné du demi-soleil jaune du Biafra.

𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐝'𝐮𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬.
𝑃𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑎𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑟.
𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟖 𝟎𝟒
𝐁𝐢𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚

Photographe : #GillesCaron
Copyright : Fondation Gilles Caron / In actua
Ref : FGC-168566-07829_019

#NigerianCivilWar #Biafra #Nigeria

Why my children will not join the Nigerian Army - Retired Colonel Why my children will not join the Nigerian Army - Retired Colonel. Col. Nasiru Salami (retd.), a 76-year-old Nigerian civil war veteran and

Why my children will not join the Nigerian Army - Retired Colonel


Col. #ColNasiruSalami(retd) #NigerianArmy #NigerianCivilWar
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