Biafra

Biafra ( ;), officially the Republic of Biafra, was a partially recognised state in West Africa that declared independence from Nigeria and existed from 1967 to 1970. Its territory consisted of the former Eastern Region of Nigeria, predominantly inhabited by the Igbo ethnic group, but with sizable chunks of the region belonging to the Ijaw, Efik, Ibibio and other minorities. Biafra was established on 30 May 1967 by Igbo military officer and Eastern Region governor Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu under his presidency, following a series of ethnic tensions and military coups after Nigerian independe

ethnic group of southeastern Nigeria

violent conflict within Nigeria

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unrecognized secessionist state in West Africa that existed for one day in 1967, established on 19 September 1967 during the Nigerian Civil War as a puppet state of Biafra

former African monetary currency

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