Nigerian Civil War (Biafra)

1967–1970 West Africa Status: ended Casualties: ~1–3 million (most from famine)

The Igbo-majority eastern region declared independence as Biafra after pogroms in the north. A 30-month federal blockade caused a famine that horrified the world — the founding catastrophe of modern humanitarian intervention (MSF was born here).

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Belligerents

Federal Republic of Nigeria
Republic of Biafra (Ojukwu)

Casualties

~1–3 million (most from famine)

From World at War, an interactive atlas by Jairus Pereira. Figures are approximate, drawn from Wikipedia, UCDP, ACLED and academic sources — a design artefact, not an authoritative register. Contact.