Biafra: Difference between revisions

Biafra (view source)

2 bytes removed , 17:24, 22 June 2017

m

Text replacement - "====Origin/meaning==== The" to "===Origin/meaning=== The"

approved, Bureaucrats, Interface administrators, Members who can see the literature depository, Administrators, uploader

3,705,923

edits

Revision as of 10:16, 8 January 2017 (view source) Knorrepoes (talk \| contribs) m (Text replacement - "\|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}" to "\|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}") ← Older edit		Revision as of 17:24, 22 June 2017 (view source) Knorrepoes (talk \| contribs) m (Text replacement - "====Origin/meaning==== The" to "===Origin/meaning=== The") Newer edit →
Line 12:		Line 12:


	====Origin/meaning====		===Origin/meaning===
	The Military Governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria proclaimed its independence on 30 May 1967. The region became a republic with the name of Biafra. The following years the Nigerian government slowly reconquered the secessionist republic and on 9 January 1970 the Biafran army had to capitulate. Since then the region is a part of Nigeria again. Nowadays it consists of the states of Anambra, Cross River, Imo en Rivers.		The Military Governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria proclaimed its independence on 30 May 1967. The region became a republic with the name of Biafra. The following years the Nigerian government slowly reconquered the secessionist republic and on 9 January 1970 the Biafran army had to capitulate. Since then the region is a part of Nigeria again. Nowadays it consists of the states of Anambra, Cross River, Imo en Rivers.