biafran war

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• - Summary of the causes and events of the Biafran War, from the Inventory of Conflict and Environment (ICE).
  
• - Map of the front lines in the Biafran War between 1967 and mid-1969.
  
• - Project about Igbo women's experiences and stories of the Biafran War, 1967-1970. Includes poems, pictures, links to related resources and background material on the conflict.
  
• - An account of the Biafran War in Nigeria, focusing on the effects on the Igbo people.
  
• - A comprehensive source of photographs on the 1967-70 Nigerian-Biafran Civil War.
  
• - Article from USAfrica newspaper arguing that Nigeria's federal government has not satisfactorily resolved the Biafran issue.
  
• - Case study by Major Abubakar A. Atofarati of the Nigerian Army, examining the causes of the war, the strategies employed by the belligerents, and the lessons subsequently learnt.
  
• - Essay on the Biafran War in Nigeria (1967-1970), covering the history of the conflict as well as its aftermath.
  
• - A history of the Biafran War, from the Federation of American Scientists.
  
• - Home site of Biafra Actualization Forum (BAF), an organization solely dedicated to bringing about the independent sovereign Igbo nation of Biafra, using peaceful means. Site provides history and background on the Biafran independence movement and the 196
  
• - Brief account of the Biafran conflict.
  
• - The BBC's Barnaby Phillips looks back at the Biafra conflict - one of post-independence Africa's first and most bloody wars.