On July 6, 1967, the Nigerian Civil War broke out, as federal troops invaded the breakaway state of Biafra. (The war, which lasted two and a half years and ended with Biafra’s defeat, claimed about 600,000 lives.) Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu (4 November 1933 – 26 November 2011) was a Nigerian military officer and politician. Ojukwu served as the military governor […]
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