The Nigerian Civil War was sparked by the unilateral declaration of independence by the Igbo-dominated Eastern Region of Nigeria as the Republic of Biafra in 1967. The conflict continued until the early 1970s. It led to the destruction of much of the infrastructure of Igboland and the deaths of 500,000 to 3,000,000 people.
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