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Refugees From Nigerian Civil War Spark Global Alarm
A year into Nigeria's civil war, Biafra seeks independence from the federation as starving refugees flood camps. Britain, the Soviet bloc, and other powers back arms for federal forces while relief airlifts struggle with damaged airstrips. The conflict threatens regional stability as ethnic groups demand security and autonomy.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Africa
Republic of
Biafra
C. Odumegwu Ojukwu
Oxford University
Ojukwu
Thos
Ofukwu
Niger River
Cameroon
Midwest
Biafman
Lisbon
Britain
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Sudan
Federation
West Africa