The Republic of Biafra, a breakaway state of eastern Nigeria, surrendered to Nigeria on January 15, 1970, after three years of fighting. In 1960, Nigeria gained independence from Britain. Six years later, the Muslim Hausas in northern Nigeria began massacring the Christian Igbos in the region, prompting tens of thousands of Igbos to flee to the east, where their people were the dominant ethnic group.
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