Word: nigeria
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...second time in 14 months of cruel civil war, Nigeria's federal government and Biafra's secessionist regime were edging toward peace talks last week. Meeting in Niamey, capital of Niger, under the aegis of the Organization for African Unity, the warring parties promised to undertake a second try at a full-scale peace conference in Addis Ababa on Aug. 5. At the very least the Biafran leader, Lieut. Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu, hopes to achieve a temporary ceasefire. For Biafra desperately needs a respite in the bitter...
INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE. Journalists from around the world report on civil war in Nigeria, the gypsy problem in England, pornography in Denmark, spas in Germany, driving in Russia...
More than 1200 are said to be dying daily of starvation in the West African tribal state, which has been blockaded off by Nigeria, the parent country from which it seceded...
Although delegations from Biafra and Nigeria met Saturday, there was no indication that progress was made on the question of relief measures...
...haggis or hire the entire regimental band of the Coldstream Guards; it can arrange a 1,000-guest party or a richly refined funeral. The store's export department, which grossed over $7 million last year, has sent gooseberries to Saudi Arabia, fresh flowers for a wedding in Nigeria and smoked kippers to a homesick Englishman in Ceylon...