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Nigerian Genocide: The Nigerian Civil War

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Nigerian Genocide In 1967 a civil war started in Nigeria, this was also known as the Nigerian genocide. In 1960 Nigeria gained its independence from from Britain. Six years later the Muslim Hausas in Northern Nigeria started to kill Christian Igbos that were in the region. This caused tens of thousands to flee to the east were the Igbos were the dominant ethnic people. On May 30 1967 Lieutenant Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu established the Republic of Biafra. It was a group all of the Igbos that wanted to fight back. The Republic of Biafra and the Nigerian government declared war on eachother. In 1967 the Nigerian government set out to kill all the Christians, this forced tons of Igbos that they could find. They killed and beat all of

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