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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1970

Page

7

Suffering Biafran children refugees in Gabon

Report from Libreville describes 2 to 12 year olds at a Caritas hospital singing the Biafran anthem while holding placards criticizing Britain and praising Odumegwu Ojukwu. Nurses recall fragile recoveries, hunger, and glimpses of family reunions as airlifted children are returned to parents on Biafra’s red dirt roads.

Becie John Vinocur Libreville Gabon Biafra Great Britain Ojukwu Odumegwu Ojukwu Caritas Jacques Foceart Georges Pompidou Foceart Emmanuel Angona Edith Nwume Emmanuel Miss Nwume Sao

Biafra Leader and Aides Flee Ahead of Collapse

Gen. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu and his party fled the secessionist regime aboard a U S furnished Super Constellation cargo plane two days before it fell apart. The departure included Ojukwu insisting on taking his white Mercedes Benz sedan, prompting a search for a suitable unmarked aircraft.

Geneva UPI Qdumegwi Ojukwu U.S Ojukwu

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