[DOC] [TLE] Nigerian Civil War - Wikipedia [PAR] The Nigerian Civil War, better known as the Biafran War, (6 July 1967  15 
January 1970), was .... By the 1960s, Igbo political culture was more unified and 
the region relatively prosperous, with tradesmen and literate elites active not just 
in the ..... On 30 May 1967, Ojukwu declared independence of the Republic of 
Biafra. [DOC] [TLE] Biafra - Wikipedia [PAR] Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a secessionist state in eastern Nigeria 
that existed from 30 May 1967 to January 1970. It took its name from the Bight of 
Biafra, the Atlantic bay to its south. ... Main article: Nigerian Civil War ... Following 
independence, Nigeria was divided primarily along ethnic lines with Hausa and... [DOC] [TLE] Nigerian Civil War - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War, July 6, 1967  January ... 
This was followed by a northerner-led counter coup a few months later. ... on May 
30, 1967 the Igbo-majority province declared its independence as the .... region 
from Nigeria as the Republic of Biafra, an independent nation on May 30, 1967. [DOC] [TLE] Biafra | secessionist state, Nigeria | Britannica.com [PAR] Mar 4, 2015 ... Secessionist western African state that unilaterally declared its independence 
from Nigeria in May 1967. ... It constituted the former Eastern Region of Nigeria 
and was inhabited ... Starvation and disease followed; estimates of mortality 
during the war ... Nigeria suppressed the secession in a bloody civil war. [DOC] [TLE] Biafra 1966-1970 | Combat Genocide Association [PAR] In May 1967 the Igbo people seceded from Nigeria and declared the 
establishment ... to set up a land and sea blockade of Biafra in order to starve its 
population. ... Once a British colony, Nigeria gained its independence in 1960. ... 
discovered in Oloibiri in the Niger River Delta, a region inhabited by the Igbo. ... 
War began. [DOC] [TLE] Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970) | The Black Past: Remembered and ... [PAR] The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Nigerian-Biafran War, was a ... region 
of the nation on May 30, 1967, when it declared itself the independent ... Less 
than two months after Biafra declared its independence, diplomatic ... During this 
civil war, an estimated 3,000 to 5,000 people died daily in Biafra from starvation 
as... [DOC] [TLE] The Biafran Civil War: The Politics of Hunger & Starvation ... [PAR] On 30 May, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the Eastern Region's military ... 
The Biafran diplomatic strategy during the Nigerian Civil War was a policy of .... 
on the 20th of May followed Tanzania's footsteps in giving diplomatic recognition 
to Biafra. .... In fact, Biafran was very independent and developed most of their 
own... [DOC] [TLE] BBC News | AFRICA | Biafra: Thirty years on [PAR] Jan 13, 2000 ... The Nigerian civil war not only came close to tearing Africa's most ... On 30 May, 
1967, the head of the Eastern Region, Colonel Emeka Ojukwu, unilaterally 
declared the independent Republic of Biafra. ... For the men who fought for the 
Biafran cause, defeat has been followed by 30 years of humiliation. [DOC] [TLE] The Biafran conflict in 1966. - Mercenary Wars and Soldiers of Fortune [PAR] The secession was declared due to economic, ethnic, cultural and religious 
tensions among ... during the Nigerian Civil War that later became known as the 
Nigerian-Biafra War. During 1960, Nigeria gained its independence from the 
United Kingdom. ... On 26th May 1967 the Eastern region voted to secede from 
Nigeria. [DOC] [TLE] Quakers in the World - Mediation During the Nigerian Civil War 1967 ... [PAR] In the civil war that followed (1967-1970), the area was cut off from the rest of the 
world and its population suffered starvation. ... the US, Curle was considering 
how he could apply his experience in India and Pakistan to the situation in 
Nigeria. ... Lt Col Ojukwu declared the Eastern Region an independent state in 
May 1967. [DOC] [TLE] The Memory of the Nigerian

Question: This region of Nigeria declared its independence in May 1967, civil war & starvation followed
Answer: Biafra