Shut-down for 50th anniversary of Biafra declaration
3,855 views · Published 30 May 2017 · 0:49 · Indexed 4 November 2026
Channel: AFP News Agency · 2017 · News & Politics
Shops, schools and businesses were shut in southeast Nigeria on Tuesday, 50 years to the day since an independent republic of Biafra was declared, sparking a brutal civil war.
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