HISTORY
NEW NATIONS EMERGE
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Question
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Why was the Biafra fought?
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The Igboo and other small ethnic groups wanted to break away from Nigeria and create their own country
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The people of Nigeria were fighting for independence from Britian
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The people of Nigeria were staging a coup’ to take out the militant government
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The people of Northern Nigeria wanted to be part of Cameroon
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -On May 30, 1967, Ojukwu declared the secession of the three states of the Eastern region under the name of the Republic of Biafra, which Nigeria’s federal government interpreted as an act of rebellion. Fighting broke out in early July. Within weeks the conflict had escalated into a full-scale civil war.
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