Biafra War: Starvation and Lasting Scars

Did you know,? The Biafra war killed over two million people and nobody talks about it.

Between 1967 and 1970, Nigeria tore itself apart in one of Africa's bloo.diest

conflicts. The Eastern region, predominantly Igbo people, declared independence

as the Republic of Biafra after ethnic tensions and massacres left thousands dead in

northern Nigeria. What followed was three years of brutal warfare and a blockade that created one

of the worst humanitarian disasters in modern history. Children starved to death by the

thousands. Images of Biafran children with distended bellies shocked the world,

yet international intervention remained limited. The Nigerian government, backed by Britain