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Data: MAVEN
Trigger word:
Biafra
Event Types (Count):
NegTrigger (4)
Negative Trigger
The
Nigerian
Civil
War
,
also known as
the
Biafran
War
and
the
Nigerian-Biafran
War
(
6
July
1967
–
15
January
1970
)
,
was
a
war
Hostile_encounter
fought
Hostile_encounter
between
the
government
of
Nigeria
and
the
state
of
Biafra
.
Biafra
represented
Presence
nationalist
aspirations
of
the
Biafran
people
,
whose
leadership
felt
Perception_active
they
could
no
longer
coexist
Cause_to_amalgamate
with
the
Northern-dominated
federal
government
.
Within
a
year
,
the
Federal
Government
troops
surrounded
Surrounding
Biafra
,
capturing
Conquering
coastal
oil
facilities
and
the
city
of
Port
Harcourt
.
The
United
Kingdom
and
the
Soviet
Union
were
the
main
supporters
Supporting
of
the
Nigerian
government
,
while
France
,
Israel
and
some
other
countries
supported
Supporting
Biafra
.
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