INTERROGATING THE INVOLVEMENT OF AFRICAN STATES DURING THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR 1967-1970
Keywords:
Involvement, African states, civil war, military assistance, Biafran regimeAbstract
The Nigerian civil war lasted for about three agonizing years (from 6 July 1967 to 12 January 1970). Countless numbers of lives were lost on both sides of the war and there were mass destruction of properties. The war attracted international attention due to the desire of both the Biafran regime and the federal military government of Nigeria to secure diplomatic support as well as military assistance from the outside world and due partly to the individual reasons various countries of the world had for their involvement in the war.
The focus of this study is to interrogate the involvement of African states during the Nigerian civil war. This is to find out what propelled the African states to declare support for either the federal military government of Nigeria or the Biafran regime, the nature and dimension of such involvement and to analyze the implications of such involvement. While it is argued that the activities of the African states that supported the Biafran regime in combination with other external influences, contributed to the prolongation of the war, there were also certain internal forces at work in Nigeria which also contributed to the prolongation of the war.
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