Biafran+War+(9-4)

Biafran war It was a civil war in Africa on May 30, 1967.
 * Mark and Sarah D.: What was it? What led to it? Who fought in it? Why? How did it end? What was its impact on the people during and after the war?**

The Biafran's wanted independence from The Hausa/Fulani.

Biafran troops and the Federal troops.

Federal troops launched a massive effort at a time when Biafra was short on ammunition, its people were desperate for food, and its leaders controlled only one-sixth of the territory that had formed the Biafran republic in 1967. Ojukwu fled to Côte d'Ivoire on Jan. 11, 1970, and a Biafran deputation formally surrendered in Lagos four days later. Many civilian casualties.