{"id":987,"date":"2014-07-11T14:44:42","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T13:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzznigeria.com\/?p=987"},"modified":"2023-11-04T02:45:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T01:45:20","slug":"nigerian-civil-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzznigeria.com\/nigerian-civil-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Civil War: Causes, Effects and Other Facts You Should Know"},"content":{"rendered":"
Some causes of the Nigerian Civil War are ethno-religious riots that occurred in the north, a military takeover, and the attempt to form the Biafra Republic in the southeastern provinces that Igbo people primarily inhabited. Its impacts include but are not limited to displacement of citizens, fatalities, serious damage to both adults and kids and severe malnutrition.<\/strong><\/p>\n The\u00a0Nigerian Civil War, also known as the\u00a0Biafran War, July 6, 1967 \u2013 January 13, 1970, was an ethnic and political conflict fought between the federal government of Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra, caused by the attempted secession of the southeastern provinces of Nigeria<\/a>\u00a0as the self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra.<\/strong><\/p>\n The conflict was also the result of economic, ethnic, cultural and religious tensions mainly between the Hausas of the north and the Igbo of the east of Nigeria. Over the two and half years of the war, 1 million civilians died from famine and fighting. The ensuing battles and well-publicized human suffering prompted international outrage and intervention.<\/strong><\/p>\n10 Lesser Known Facts of the War<\/strong><\/h2>\n