. . Biyafara, a hukumance ita ce haramtacciyar Jamhuriyar Biyafara, ta kasance yankin da ta ke kokarin ballewa daga tarayyar Nijeriya wanda ya wanzu daga watan Mayun shekara ta 1967 zuwa Janairun shekara ta 1970. Yankin ta ya kunshi Yankin Gabashin Nijeriya. An kafa Biyafara ne sakamakon kishin kasa na kabilar Ibo na Nijeriyak, wanda ya haifar da yakin basasar Nijeriya .Nijeriya ta shelanta yaki da Biyafara jim kadan bayan ta ayyana ‘yancin kai, daga karshe ta fatattaki Biafra tare da sake hade jihohin biyu. Gabon, Haiti, Ivory Coast, Tanzania, da Zambiya sun amince da Biafra a hukumance. Sauran ƙasashe, waɗanda ba su ba da sanarwa a hukumance ba amma sun ba da tallafi da taimako ga Biafra, sun haɗa da ƙasar Faransa, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Rhodesia, Afirka ta Kudu, da Vatican City. Biafra ta samu tallafi ne daga ‘yan wasan da ba‘ yan jihar ba, ciki har da Joint Church Aid, Holy Ghost Fathers of Ireland, kuma a karkashin jagorancin su Caritas International, da US Catholic Relief Services.Médecins Sans Frontières suma sun samo asali ne saboda amsar wahala.