Blockade of Biafra
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blockade-of-biafra-286-17667944
title:
Blockade of Biafra
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The blockade of Biafra by the Nigerian federal government during the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970) resulted in a famine that ultimately cost at least a million lives and ended with the capitulation of the secessionist state of Biafra. The blockade and the ensuing humanitarian crisis stimulated worldwide mobilization and widespread debate about the concept of genocide. It also stimulated widespread debate about whether or not it was appropriate to describe the events which occurred in Biafra as
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1967–70 event in the Nigerian Civil War
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockade_of_Biafra
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2024-03-27T01:29:20Z
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